18 Oct 2017
CHANG WA SHAN v. ESTHER CHAN PUI KWAN also known as CHAN PUI CHUN
- Citation
- CHANG WA SHAN v. ESTHER CHAN PUI KWAN also known as CHAN PUI CHUN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV240/2015
The Court held that the plaintiff was entitled to costs as the overall successful party but should be deprived of 30% of his costs to reflect the defendant's success on the issue of recovery of damages for republication covered by absolute privilege; granted certificate for three counsel for the appeal and two counsel for the trial; rejected limiting costs to District Court scale under s.43(3); set aside the lower court costs order and ordered the defendant to pay 70% of the costs of the appeal and 70% of the costs below and of the action.