11 Jan 2023
HUI HEON MING HERMAN t/a HERMAN H. M. HUI & CO. v. HO SHUN MIU (何舜苗), also known as HO SHUN MIU MELODY, and also known as HO SHUN MIU MELODIE
- Citation
- [2023] HKDC 60
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ5144/2018
Discovery was relevant and within the retainer; although the solicitor did not specifically advise on PDPO, the two-stage strategy (demand letter then pre-action discovery/NPO) was a reasonable exercise of professional judgment and any omission to press PDPO earlier was not such as no reasonably competent practitioner could have made it; defendant failed to discharge heavy onus of proving negligence; judgment entered for plaintiff for the Outstanding Bill with interest and costs; defendant's counterclaim dismissed.