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Calderbank negotiations
  • 15 Jul 2002

    LEUNG KAM YIN, JOYCE v. LEE SAI WAI

    Citation
    LEUNG KAM YIN, JOYCE v. LEE SAI WAI
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP4859/2001

    Costs were ordered to follow the event and the plaintiff's costs, taxed on a party and party basis and subject to Legal Aid Regulations, are to be paid from the estate (after payment of the lump sum award); the executrix is entitled to executorial costs from the estate in that capacity but beneficiaries defending are subject to ordinary costs rules; a stay of execution was granted in part — the judgment is stayed except that $1,000,000 must be paid to the plaintiff within three months, the award carries interest from 21 June 2002, and the plaintiff must vacate the home on payment — and probat…