28 Jul 2009
HONG KONG FINANCE COMPANY LTD v. SO DAH WAI JOHN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- HONG KONG FINANCE COMPANY LTD v. SO DAH WAI JOHN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA614/2007
The judge exercised discretion to award the plaintiff its costs of the action on an indemnity basis because clause 17 binds the defendants who freely entered the contract, the solicitor properly explained the mortgage, and the defendants engaged in deliberate dishonest conduct aimed at undermining the mortgage; however the costs of the present hearing are limited to party-and-party taxation.