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Hong Kong Case Law

Interim payment set-off
  • 2 Jul 2021

    YUM SIU WAH v. WONG CHI SHING

    Citation
    [2021] HKCFI 1930
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI473/2018

    Costs awarded to the plaintiff up to 9 January 2020 (the relevant sanctioned payment acceptance date); costs after that date awarded to the defendant on an indemnity basis; refusal to tax costs on District Court scale; interest on defendant's costs awarded at judgment rate plus 2%; loss of earning capacity damages do not attract pre-judgment interest; interim payment to be applied against interest-bearing heads as at date of payment on a weighted pro rata basis; payment out to plaintiff refused for lack of satisfactory evidence of ability/willingness to pay costs; payment out to defendant all…