13 May 1997
SIU SAU YUNG v. TAK WING CONTRACTORS LTD. and CHINA EXPAND CONSTRUCTION LTD. and Others
- Citation
- SIU SAU YUNG v. TAK WING CONTRACTORS LTD. and CHINA EXPAND CONSTRUCTION LTD. and Others
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI1139/1996
Payments into court are offers to settle and multiple payments are separate offers; where payments into court exceeded the eventual recovery, the defendants were entitled to their costs from 20 December 1994; the defendants' procedural errors and delays did not amount to serious misconduct sufficient to deprive them of that entitlement; therefore plaintiff receives costs up to 20 December 1994 and defendants receive costs thereafter, including costs of the 13 May 1997 hearing with a counsel certificate, with plaintiff's own costs taxed under Legal Aid Regulations.