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  • 2 Dec 2016

    WONG HON WAI v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE

    Citation
    WONG HON WAI v. THE SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI664/2009

    Weighing complexity, extensive reliance on experienced counsel and proportionality to the amount settled, the taxing master reasonably fixed the solicitor's hourly rate at HK$4,000, disallowed travel to the plaintiff's home and various items as excessive or unnecessary, refused transfer of disallowed party-and-party costs to the common fund, upheld the bulk of original taxation decisions and allowed only a HK$120 downward revision to expert item 400; plaintiff ordered to pay costs of the review to the defendant.