23 Feb 2022
CANARA BANK v. EXCEL TRIUMPH LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2022] HKCFI 530
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1736/2019
The judge found the hours claimed and the proposed counsel's fee excessive, applied a broad-brush summary assessment and fixed recoverable costs at HK$300,000 for the 1st Defendant and HK$200,000 for the 2nd Defendant, and reduced the appropriate counsel's fee to HK$140,000 to be shared by the defendants; the plaintiff must bear the costs of and occasioned by the summons with a certificate for one counsel.