30 May 2025
LAU CHUNG v. HUI KENG YEE AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 2229
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA561/2019
The court held that Order 22 r 23 can apply even where the plaintiff's claim was dismissed for procedural reasons without a judicial determination on the merits because the local rule omits the words 'at trial' present in the English rule; it was not unjust in the circumstances to impose Rule 23 consequences; enhanced interest on the 1st defendant's costs was fixed at 3% above the judgment rate, applied on the full-rate approach from the dates of payments until full payment; Rule 24 did not apply to the counterclaim because the judgment obtained (declaration and possession) was not shown to b…