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Hong Kong Case Law

District court ordinance s.36
  • 3 Dec 2020

    MAK PUI KI v. HO WING HA

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 3027
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP898/2020

    The court accepted that the District Court has jurisdiction to hear 'pure' title cases under DCO s.36 but exercised its discretion on costs: because the severance issue raised a complex point of law of general importance and no valid objection was raised by the defendant to High Court costs, the Court of First Instance was justified in awarding costs on the High Court scale; accordingly the earlier costs order nisi was made absolute and the summons to vary it was dismissed.