21 Feb 2014
LAU YUE KUI AND OTHERS v. PHILIP CHAN & CO (A FIRM)
- Citation
- LAU YUE KUI AND OTHERS v. PHILIP CHAN & CO (A FIRM)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP593/2007
Amendment of the summons was permitted and an interim payment of HK$15,000,000 was ordered to be paid by the 1st plaintiff because the 1st plaintiff did not oppose the application, the claimed fees were large (HK$40M), taxation was likely to be protracted with substantial interest already accrued, interveners could obtain recourse in the event of overpayment, and no abuse of process or estoppel barred the interlocutory relief; the court applied the principle that third-party taxation is governed by the same jurisdictional limits as solicitor-client taxation (Tim Martin).