29 Jul 2022
HUANG YUNLIAN 對 XUN YAO CONSTRUCTION LTD 及另一人
- Citation
- [2022] HKDC 715
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC2048/2018
Because the applicant unreasonably refused multiple generous provisional payments and pursued trial with exaggerated and untruthful evidence, the court exercised its discretion under Order 22(23) to vary the provisional costs order: the applicant must repay interim payments, respondents may withdraw the remaining court deposit, the applicant bears costs on an indemnity basis for post-9 November 2018 proceedings, interest on costs is increased to judgment rate plus 5% (with pre-judgment interest at half that rate), and the applicant is denied interest on the compensation award from 9 November…