31 Dec 2018
周浩雲及另一人 對 陳儉榮
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 2842
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI416/2015
Court accepted defendant's case: once plaintiffs amended claims to amounts within District Court limits the costs of the damages assessment after those amendment dates must be assessed on the District Court scale (first plaintiff after 6 July 2016; second plaintiff after 27 September 2016). The defendant's payment into court on 20 July 2016 under Order 22(8) was effective and triggered the Rule 23 consequences; it is not unjust to apply those consequences because the second plaintiff had access to legal advice and materials and had a responsibility to obtain timely advice. Therefore the provi…