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Interest exclusion under district court ordinance s49(7)
  • 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)