15 Sept 2022
LO KAI SHUI v. HSBC INTERNATIONAL TRUSTEE LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2022] HKCA 1363
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CAMP182/2022
Direct application for leave to appeal the indemnity costs order was dismissed for lack of exceptional circumstances and want of merit; the Judge's award of indemnity costs was within discretion because the plaintiff's conduct amounted to abuse of process and the interlocutory applications were incidental to the overlapping claims; the renewed leave application on the Exclusion/Amendment/Withdrawal summonses was refused because there is no reasonable prospect of success and appellate review of detailed interlocutory cost allocation is inappropriate absent plain error; consequential case-manag…