20 Aug 2024
CHUNG SZE MAN v. THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 2182
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL1198/2024
The court ordered the Applicant to pay the respondent's costs because the challenged decision was an interim and partial suspension not ordinarily subject to judicial review, the applicant had not sufficiently engaged with the investigatory process and had threatened litigation which likely contributed to delay, the substantive challenge lacked strong merit, and the respondent was entitled to be heard on any interim mandatory injunction; these factors justified departing from the usual 'no order as to costs' rule.