25 Jun 2009
CHAN LAI YING AND OTHERS v. LEE LIM AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CHAN LAI YING AND OTHERS v. LEE LIM AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1413/2005
The application to vary the costs order nisi was dismissed. The court found the defendants' payment-in (including interest) did not beat the plaintiff's net judgment sum and the defendant's attempt to rely on speculative assumptions about the plaintiff's costs or on the proportionality principle was impermissible or inapplicable. The court held the existing apportionment (depriving the plaintiff of 1/3 of her costs) fairly reflected the plaintiff's partial failure on counterclaims and the plaintiff's conduct did not justify further reduction; accordingly the costs order nisi was made absolute…