12 Nov 2021
SECURITIES AND FUTURES COMMISSION v. YIU HOI YING CHARLES AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2021] HKCFA 41
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FAMV38/2017
The taxing authority has power to interpret a costs order and to apportion liability between multiple payers where warranted; the general rule that costs against multiple losing parties are joint and several is only a starting point and may be displaced by special circumstances. Applying those principles, the Registrar held that appellate and leave costs (Court of Appeal and CFA) were properly regarded as common legal questions and R1 and R2 are jointly and severally liable for those costs, but MMT inquiry costs contain common, mixed and individual items and Bill No.3 (MMT costs) should be ta…