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Legal aid charge/first charge
  • 9 May 2016

    李愛紅 對 威瑪士有限公司及另三人

    Citation
    李愛紅 對 威瑪士有限公司及另三人
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI117/2012

    The consent settlement order which specified payment by cheque made out to the plaintiff was legally incapable of being lawfully performed because the Legal Aid Ordinance s19A vests a first charge in the Director and requires payment to be dealt with by the Director; the application to vary under O.20 r.11 was inappropriate because the issue was substantive, not a clerical error, and therefore the entire settlement order dated 3 December 2015 was set aside (vacated).