11 Sept 2020
BRAVE VENTURE LTD v. XINHUA NEWS MEDIA HOLDINGS LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2020] HKCFI 2178
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1901/2017
The Master dismissed the Company's reviews and upheld the taxation rulings: maintained the junior counsel hourly rate at HK$5,500 with appropriate item deductions, allowed the senior counsel brief fee of HK$300,000 as within a reasonable range for his seniority, upheld the necessity and quantum of the PRC investigation disbursements and the Cayman law opinion (subject to a modest adjustment), and confirmed that costs relating to ex parte applications with no costs order are not recoverable; accordingly the Company's challenges to the taxation were rejected and the Company was ordered to pay t…