3 Jul 2024
WONG HOO YEE t/a WONGS, SOLICITORS (CEASED PRACTICE) v. LAM SIK YING aka LAM SIK YING VICTOR, Administrator for the Estate of LAM TIM alias STAN LAM TIM, deceased
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 1041
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ1041/2019
The court accepted the plaintiffs' contemporaneous documentary records and the oral evidence of the handling solicitor that valid retainers existed, bills were delivered, payments relied upon by the defendant did not discharge the plaintiffs' bills, and the defendant failed to make a timely taxation application or show special circumstances; accordingly the defendant was liable for the outstanding billed sums, interest as contracted and costs.