11 Sept 2006
RE MFY
- Citation
- RE MFY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1173/2004
Engagement by a committee of the solicitor's own firm without prior court sanction amounted to a breach of fiduciary duty; the court will exercise its supervisory jurisdiction to ratify some engagements and disallow others according to reasonableness and whether tasks fall within ordinary committee duties. Specific fees were allowed in part and others disallowed.