15 Sept 2014
KWAN WING LEUNG v. FUNG CHI LEUNG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- KWAN WING LEUNG v. FUNG CHI LEUNG AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI2489/2013
Court held that on an objective assessment at the time of writ it was not obvious the claim belonged in the District Court so s44A justified awarding costs on the Court of First Instance scale for the period up to and including 12 November 2013; Order 22 rule 23 was triggered by failure to beat the sanctioned payment but, applying Practice Direction 18.1 and considering the defendant's refusal to mediate, the court declined to award the defendant costs after 13 November 2013 and varied the interest orders accordingly.