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Hong Kong Case Law

Gross assessment of costs

  • 16 Apr 2010

    PT BALI HOSPITALITY UTAMA v. MATHIAS ECHENE AND OTHERS

    Citation
    PT BALI HOSPITALITY UTAMA v. MATHIAS ECHENE AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA604/2009

    Although costs were to be assessed on an indemnity basis, the claimed total was excessive given the stay application occupied 2 hours 8 minutes and judgment was delivered the next day; specific reductions were made: parts B and C allowed in full; D1 reduced to $190,000 (50 hours); D2 reduced to $19,000 (5 hours); D3 reduced to $19,000 (5 hours); D4 allowed in full; counsel's fees allowed except for a refresher; F allowed in full. Resulting gross assessment awarded $728,877.

  • 17 Aug 2009

    CHEUNG CHING PING STEPHEN v. ALLCOM LTD

    Citation
    CHEUNG CHING PING STEPHEN v. ALLCOM LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2208/2008

    The judge applied the court's discretion in a gross assessment to reduce billed preparation hours and leading counsel's fee because the claimed times and fee were not reasonable or proportionate given the documentation and complexity; junior counsel fees and hearing charges were allowed in full, producing a net reduction of 123,333.40 and an award of 409,658.10 to the plaintiff.