30 Jan 2024
THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF WING FAI BUILDING v. CHAN YUN CHOI AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2024] HKLdT 4
- Court
- Lands Tribunal
- Case number
- LDBM29/2020
The Tribunal held IO was the overall successful party on the single event (IO's claim), having obtained mandatory injunctions and effective relief on the disputed works; the general rule that costs follow the event applies subject to appropriate deduction for discrete failed issues; IO's failure on the discrete waterproofing damages claim justified depriving IO of costs attributable to that trial time (estimated 30%) but did not justify varying the costs nisi; respondents' complaints about non-disclosure, settlement offers and wasted expert costs did not establish misconduct or special circum…