28 Oct 2020
CHINA SHANSHUI CEMENT GROUP LTD v. NG SAU MAN CLIFFORD
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 2677
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2518/2017
Applying the effective winner principle and a broad discretionary approach to costs, the Court found that the Defence rendered the plaintiff's primary relief academic and that neither party emerged as the overall successful party; pre-action demands were wide and imprecise and refusal was not unreasonable; there was insufficient basis for indemnity costs, and accordingly no order as to costs was appropriate for the action or the summons.