13 Dec 1995
K.B. CHAU & CO. v. CHINA FINANCE TRUST AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION
- Citation
- K.B. CHAU & CO. v. CHINA FINANCE TRUST AND INVESTMENT CORPORATION
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV139/1995
The solicitors in charge failed to verify and deliberately presented a misleading affirmation for an ex parte Mareva injunction; that breach of duty as officers of the court caused wasted costs and justified personal liability of the solicitors to indemnify the defendant for its costs, to be taxed on an indemnity or solicitor-and-own-client basis as appropriate.