13 Mar 2025
SPARKLE CAPITAL LTD v. CHAN WAI MAN also known as CHAN WAI MAN IVAN
- Citation
- [2025] HKDC 366
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ836/2018
Because the plaintiff was awarded only nominal damages and thus could not be regarded as a successful party on the substantive monetary claims, and because the defendant's Calderbank offers (particularly the earlier one) highlighted the plaintiff's inability to prove loss, the Costs Order nisi should be varied so there be no order as to costs of the action; however, the defendant failed on a major issue (existence of the Oral Agreement) which produced consequential results and many plaintiff allegations were not disparate or improperly made, so a costs sanction against the plaintiff for the a…