19 Jun 2018
LI SIN MAN SELINE and LEE SHU HANG (the executors of the estate of LEE SAI NAM, deceased) v. LI SHU CHUNG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 1365
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1711/2009
The Master erred in issuing interim certificates because she had not actually taxed any part of the bills in the required item-by-item manner; Order 62 r 17(1) authorises interim certificates only for costs that have been taxed (i.e. decided item-by-item), and a taxing master cannot treat unobjected aggregate amounts across partially disputed items as 'taxed'. The appeals are allowed, the interim certificates are set aside and the matter of interim payment is remitted for proper consideration.