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Hong Kong Case Law

Government legal fees
  • 14 Mar 2017

    HKSAR v. LIU LIXIANG

    Citation
    HKSAR v. LIU LIXIANG
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA95/2016

    Taxation of the Department of Justice's bills is withheld until DoJ supplies information on the post-qualification experience (seniority) of the government counsel responsible for the billed items and, where applicable, particulars of the complexity of the cases; without that information taxation cannot properly assess whether claimed hourly rates above the norm are justified and future DoJ bills lacking that information are incomplete and will be returned.