17 Feb 2025
DIAMOND TREASURE LTD v. MAN KAM LEUNG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2025] HKDC 264
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ4419/2014
The court joined the 1st respondent for costs purposes (first stage) because the application was not an abuse or unduly delayed, but on the second stage dismissed the plaintiff's application: the plaintiff failed to prove the 1st respondent was the real party or that there was serious impropriety/bad faith causatively linked to incurring the costs; adverse possession defence had legal foundation; allegations of asset dissipation were disputed and outside the litigation period and could not support a non‑party costs order in the interest of justice; therefore no non‑party costs order made agai…