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Hong Kong Case Law

Legal aid recovery

  • 9 Jul 2008

    LEE TSO FONG v. KWOK WAI SUN AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    LEE TSO FONG v. KWOK WAI SUN AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA272/2005

    The judge lawfully exercised his discretion under Order 62 to deprive the successful 2nd Defendant of her costs because her defence rested on concocted theories and numerous irrelevant issues that objectively caused unnecessary and substantial additional litigation and expense; accordingly the costs order nisi of no order as to costs was affirmed and the 2nd Defendant's own costs are to be taxed under Legal Aid Regulations.

  • 11 Aug 1979

    TSE WONG HING v. HAK KAN NAVIGATION CO, SA

    Citation
    TSE WONG HING v. HAK KAN NAVIGATION CO, SA
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAJ25/1978

    Court accepted the plaintiff's factual findings on salary and dependency, adopted the Cookson v. Knowles methodology, applied a multiplier of 10 to the mean dependency figure of HK$2,100 to compute future and past losses, assessed HK$307,170 under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance (with a HK$10,000 conventional award to merge), apportioned 75% of the award to certain principal dependants with remaining 25% shared between two younger dependants at 60/40, ordered payment directions, awarded interest at 9% from 21 February 1978 to judgment and granted costs to the plaintiff with counsel's certificat…