17 Oct 1973
COUTINHO, CARO & CO v. SHIU WING CO LTD
- Citation
- COUTINHO, CARO & CO v. SHIU WING CO LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2042/1970
The Taxing Master must moderate party-and-party recoveries under Order 62 by allowing only reasonable and necessary counsel fees and disbursements; accordingly items 78 and 79 were disallowed as unnecessary/duplicative, counsel brief and refresher allowances were limited as taxed, only one return flight and reasonable days and subsistence were allowed for foreign experts with a capped sum for the expert report, the agent's expenses were wholly disallowed as not reasonably incurred, duplicated item 342 disallowed, and the costs of the Review ordered to the Defendant.