Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Cardholder agreement

Legal area

Court

4 Jan 1991

AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL INC v. TING WAI KWAN AND ANOTHER

Citation

AMERICAN EXPRESS INTERNATIONAL INC v. TING WAI KWAN AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV143/1990

Uncontroverted affidavit evidence that the 2nd defendant re-applied, requested reconsideration, and paid joining/annual fees established he had accepted the cardholder terms and disclosed no bona fide defence; accordingly summary judgment under RSC O.14 was properly entered and the appeal was dismissed.
7 May 1986

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK v. LEUNG KIN KWONG

Citation

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK v. LEUNG KIN KWONG
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1792/1985

The defendant is liable only for 'all costs of collection including reasonable legal fees' as stated in the Cardholder Agreement; reasonable legal fees in this case are limited to $525 (the District Court default judgment cost for a claim of $8,635.52) and other collection costs are appropriately quantified as a 5% administration fee of the principal ($431.77), yielding total costs of collection $956.77.