26 Apr 2007
LEE LOK KOON v. MAXIM’S CATERERS LTD
- Citation
- LEE LOK KOON v. MAXIM’S CATERERS LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI1129/2005
Applying the Seagroatt test objectively as at the date the Writ was issued, a reasonably competent nominal solicitor would not have had a reasonable prospect of obtaining an award in excess of HK$1,000,000 given the expert evidence (including non-organic pain behaviour on Waddell's test and lack of objective nerve root signs); therefore the claim should not have been commenced in the High Court and costs are to be assessed on the District Court scale.
- Scale of costs
- High court vs district court jurisdiction
- Seagroatt test
- Consent summons
- Justification for issuing writ in higher court