16 Feb 2012
GHULAM RBANI v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE for and on behalf of DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
- Citation
- GHULAM RBANI v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE for and on behalf of DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ531/2010
Costs should follow the event; plaintiff failed on liability so the nisi costs order is made absolute in favour of the Director. The Director's conduct did not justify displacement of the starting point: the Director acted reasonably in pleading s11 HKBORO and seeking court determination; there was no entitlement to costs up to the amended defence; only costs relating to witnesses whose statements were not called are disallowed to the Director; common fund taxation is not warranted; costs of this application are payable to the Director and plaintiff's own costs taxed under Legal Aid Regulatio…