3 Jan 2000
CHINA CREATOR ESTATE LTD. v. K C HO & FONG
- Citation
- CHINA CREATOR ESTATE LTD. v. K C HO & FONG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2689/1997
The unless order was set aside because the Bill, though lacking hourly rates and fee‑earner identification, could lawfully be taxed and the taxing master had powers to require further particulars or adjust allowances; and the stakeholder's irrevocable undertaking was contractual and could not be discharged by the court as a sanction for the solicitor's failure to provide a more detailed bill. The proper remedy was to order expedition of the taxation, not to bar the bill or release the funds.