7 Oct 2009
THAPA DHAN BAHADUR v. ALL CLAD ASIA LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- THAPA DHAN BAHADUR v. ALL CLAD ASIA LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI163/2007
Applying the Hopkins/Lai Ki tests, excluding interest under s49(7) and deducting employee compensation, the Court projected the plaintiff's recoverable damages at $836,542.05 which is below the District Court $1,000,000 limit; therefore High Court scale was not justified and plaintiff's costs are to be taxed at District Court scale.
- Scale of costs
- District court jurisdictional limit
- Deduction of statutory compensation
- Assessment of damages
- Interest exclusion under district court ordinance s49(7)