11 Jul 2024
FOREVER CONCORD LTD v. LAU KWONG & HUNG (A Firm) AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 1838
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP620/2024
Leave to discontinue/withdraw was granted; the discontinuance was not simply an admission of defeat but partly justified by new information and the appropriateness of resolving related matters in the writ action. However the plaintiff was not blameless in commencing prematurely. As a result the court ordered that 50% of the costs of the two filed affirmations be in the cause of HCA 845/2024 as between the plaintiff and the 1st and 3rd defendants, and made no order as to the remainder of the costs of the discontinued/withdrawn items (including specified apportionments). A costs nisi of no orde…