26 Jan 2026
CHAN KWOK KUEN v. LAI YAT HO AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2026] HKCFI 502
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP300/2025
Material non-disclosures regarding the erroneous legal foundation for the ex parte application, when the correct legal position was clearly established by authority and repeatedly pointed out to the Plaintiff, amounted to egregious conduct warranting indemnity costs; the matter was self-contained and did not raise assessment legal issues, so summary assessment was appropriate, resulting in dismissal of the Plaintiff’s Costs Summons and confirmation of the indemnity costs order with a summarily assessed amount of HK$59,630; the Plaintiff must give an undertaking as to damages within a short ti…