4 Mar 2024
CHEUNG KA FAI 對 FONG CHOW WO t/a SHING CHEONG RESTAURANT及另三人
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 237
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC859/2019
Given pre-trial and evidential uncertainty about who was the employer and materially inconsistent statements by the defendants, the plaintiff's joinder and continuation of claims against the first and fourth respondents were reasonable and the costs thereby incurred were properly and reasonably incurred. Consequently, the unsuccessful third respondent must bear the costs of the plaintiff and the successful co-defendants; a Sanderson order is appropriate because the plaintiff was legally aided and a Bullock order would unfairly risk depleting the plaintiff's compensation and involve unnecessar…