Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Costs of application for leave to appeal

Legal area

Court

10 Aug 2021

OSMAN MOHAMMED ARAB AND ANOTHER v. NG SHUI CHING, IRENE AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2021] HKCFA 29
Court

Court of Final Appeal
Case number

FAMV95/2021

The court ordered that the applicants pay the respondents' costs of the application for leave to appeal on the usual party-and-party basis, certified fit for two counsel.
24 Jul 2019

WONG YUK YING v. CHAN PUI SHAN MAY

Citation

[2019] HKCA 813
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV265/2013

Having regard to the simplicity of the application and the absence of any comment from the defendant on the bill, the court exercised its discretion in a summary assessment and fixed the plaintiff's recoverable costs of the leave application at $48,000.