3 Dec 2021
CHINACHEM CHARITABLE FOUNDATION LTD v. WILKINSON & GRIST (a firm)
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFI 3639
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP877/2020
Engagement letters governed the retainer and expressly contemplated interim fee notes with a final fee note upon conclusion; therefore interim bills were not periodic final bills and the limitation for taxation runs from delivery of the final bill for each matter; where matters had concluded or retainer was terminated and final fee notes issued, taxation was barred for bills paid or more than 12 months old; natural breaks doctrine does not displace clear contractual terms; website-updated terms not binding absent notice; abuse of process not established; court ordered taxation of the majority…