29 Jul 2011
DAVID JOHN KENNEDY v. KELLY CHENG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- DAVID JOHN KENNEDY v. KELLY CHENG AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV30/2008
The taxing officer must scrutinise indemnity claims and may disallow items that are unreasonably incurred or unreasonable in amount even absent positive evidence from the paying party; guideline 1997 hourly rates are a proper starting point; applying those principles, limited increases to certain solicitor rates and allowances for certain counsel briefs were made but the majority of challenged items were found excessive or duplicative and the review was largely refused.