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The District Court allowed an appeal against a Master’s costs decision, holding the plaintiff was the effective winner after settlement and that no order as to costs should be made.
The District Court held that the plaintiff was the effective winner after settlement granted vacant possession, so the defendant had to pay the costs of the action and the costs contest.
賣方未交付空置管有，法院裁定其違反協議；“完全放棄”抗辯不成立，並就損失以合約價與後續和解金差額計算賠償。
The court allowed discontinuance, held there was no proved settlement with the defendant, and ordered the plaintiff to pay the defendant’s costs on a gross sum basis.
High Court costs decision on a disputed sanctioned offer: the court held the 5 May 2025 letter was a valid acceptance, upheld settlement, and awarded indemnity costs.
The application for leave to appeal was refused because the applicant's grounds lacked a reasonable prospect of success: the alleged non‑service and procedural unfairness were not supported by the record, the allegations of solicitor misconduct were unsupported by evidence considered in the earlier judgment, and the settlement occurred with the applicant's consent; accordingly there was no justification to grant an oral hearing under s63A.
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The court dismissed a unilateral summons seeking settlement and costs orders, holding there was no evidential basis to direct the absent defendant to pay.
The court held the plaintiff’s letter was not a valid sanctioned offer, declined indemnity costs, and ordered party-and-party costs with specific apportionment for two summonses.
The court varied a post-trial costs order, holding that the plaintiff should pay the 1st and 2nd defendants’ costs after an ignored Calderbank offer dated 25 June 2012.
The court held that costs should be taxed on a Small Claims Tribunal-like scale because the plaintiff had no reasonable prospect of recovering over HK$75,000.
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