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  • 20 Oct 2021

    TAIPING SECURITIES (HK) CO LTD v. KING FAI CHI ALSO KNOWN AS KING PAK FU

    Citation
    [2021] HKCFI 3113
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA1334/2019

    The claimed costs were grossly excessive for an appeal effectively against an order dispensing with service. The Court reduced communications to HK$120,000 (from HK$348,370) and professional work to HK$150,000 (from HK$690,958), disallowed unspecified counsel items E1 and E2, and assessed two counsel fees at HK$250,000 and HK$50,000 respectively, resulting in a total summarily assessed costs award of HK$575,000; inadequate particulars and lack of demonstrable apportionment justified reductions and disallowances.

  • 11 Nov 1996

    KADER INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. v. GALCO INTERNATIONAL TOYS N.V.

    Citation
    KADER INDUSTRIAL CO. LTD. v. GALCO INTERNATIONAL TOYS N.V.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA320/1991

    Although the Bradford Dyers factors favoured allowing a third counsel, the decisive reasoning was that Galco had managed the case adequately with two counsel and it is unreasonable to allow recovery of the cost of an extra counsel engaged to compensate for weakness in Kader's instructing solicitors; accordingly only two counsel were certified as reasonable and recoverable. The agreed interest terms were ordered as presented.