21 Jun 2003
PLUS LUCKY LTD v. CHIN YUK LUN FRANCIS AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- PLUS LUCKY LTD v. CHIN YUK LUN FRANCIS AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV382/2002
The majority held the Court of Appeal had jurisdiction under Order 62 r 8 because Ma acted as solicitor in the proceedings (issued the writ, drafted pleadings, acted for two months and testified) and her conduct in initiating and continuing a contrived, unmeritorious action amounted to misconduct in the course of the proceedings that wasted costs; accordingly an order for solicitor-and-own-client costs (subject to specified exclusions and taxation and credit for recoveries) and indemnity costs for the show-cause summons was justified. The court dismissed the appeal except for limited variatio…