30 Jan 2015
東廬大樓業主立案法團 v. 劉漢光(離世劉堅的遺產管理人) Respondent
- Citation
- 東廬大樓業主立案法團 v. 劉漢光(離世劉堅的遺產管理人) Respondent
- Court
- Lands Tribunal
- Case number
- LDBM233/2014
The court held that the trial judge may properly grant a counsel's certificate even where a hearing is vacated by consent because the judge, having been involved in the proceedings and having read the materials, is in a better position than the taxing master to determine whether counsel's involvement was justified; respondent's refusal to agree to the consent order was unreasonable; costs of and occasioned by the respondent's summons (including the hearing) are awarded to the applicant, to be taxed at District Court scale with a certificate for counsel, but not on an indemnity basis.