25 Sept 2023
WONG KWEI PIU v. CHOW CHI CHEUNG t/a SUN LEE CO
- Citation
- [2023] HKDC 1253
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC1082/2017
The court held it was not unjust to impose the consequences of O 22 r 23: respondent's EC sanctioned payment was valid and applicant failed to accept it by the Deadline Date, so costs consequences apply. Costs orders nisi from the Judgment were varied: respondent pays applicant party-and-party costs up to 8 August 2017; after that applicant must pay respondent's costs on an indemnity basis with certificate for counsel and enhanced interest calculated at prime rate plus 4% applied to identified payments. The employer's application to vary interest in the PI Award and to deprive applicant of co…
- Sanctioned payment (o 22)
- Set-off under employees' compensation ordinance s 26
- Variation of costs (o 62)
- Leave to adduce fresh evidence (ladd v marshall)
- Enhanced interest on costs
- Wasted costs and legal aid nomination