27 Oct 2016
CHEN TE KUANG MIKE AND ANOTHER v. SMITH FREEHILLS (A FIRM)
- Citation
- CHEN TE KUANG MIKE AND ANOTHER v. SMITH FREEHILLS (A FIRM)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1275/2016
The retainer terms entitled the solicitors to render monthly bills payable within 30 days and to charge interest and retain files; on the facts the court found each monthly bill was a final bill in its own right. Bill 1 was paid and the time for taxation had expired so leave was refused for that bill. For the remaining eight bills the clients demonstrated sufficient grounds (including solicitors' conduct under the Code) and the application was not shown to be mala fide, so leave to tax bills 2–9 was granted; the O.14 summary judgment proceedings were stayed pending taxation. Costs were apport…