25 May 2007
WONG LAN AND ANOTHER v. HONG CHANG CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- WONG LAN AND ANOTHER v. HONG CHANG CONSTRUCTION TRANSPORTATION ENGINEERING CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI973/2005
Acceptance of payment into court under O.22 r.3(1) automatically entitles the plaintiff to taxed costs under O.62 r.10(2), but that entitlement is to 'taxed costs' generally and does not automatically mean taxation on the High Court scale; the High Court retains discretion to order taxation on the District Court scale where the accepted sum is within District Court jurisdiction and the reasonable prospect test supports that; applying the reasonable prospect test here, the court found the plaintiffs had no reasonable prospect of recovery above the District Court limit at the time of issuing th…