27 Jan 2021
CHENG KWOK HUNG SAMUEL v. POON TUNG HOI AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2021] HKDC 4
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI803/2017
The judge found the Master had palpably misapprehended the facts by treating liability as not disputed and materially affected assessments. Exercising fresh discretion the judge varied the Master’s taxation: allowed revised hourly rates of HK$2,400 (pre-31/12/2017) and HK$3,460 (post-1/1/2018); allowed 30 minutes for pre-action general care and conduct; allowed full claimed post-action general care and conduct (45 minutes pre-2018 and 35 minutes post-2018 as claimed); allowed 5 minutes for consideration of the Hong Kong Observatory climatological report; disallowed counsel fees but allowed a…