25 Apr 2025
CHINA CITY CONSTRUCTION (INTERNATIONAL) CO LTD (IN CREDITORS’ VOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER v. CHINA CITY CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CO (HK) LTD
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 1685
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1883/2024
The court awarded indemnity costs because the defendant's initiation of separate Beijing proceedings, after losing on a preliminary issue in Hong Kong and with knowledge of the broader Hong Kong litigation, constituted vexatious and oppressive conduct justifying indemnity costs; accordingly costs of the Originating Summons were to be summarily assessed on an indemnity basis and paid forthwith.