21 Jan 2015
HUNG FUNG ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS LTD AND ANOTHER v. THE AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA
- Citation
- HUNG FUNG ENTERPRISES HOLDINGS LTD AND ANOTHER v. THE AGRICULTURAL BANK OF CHINA
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV235/2010
The completion date of To J's costs order was 14 June 2012 (date of Court of Appeal variation); the defendant's commencement of taxation on 26 May 2014 involved about 20.5 months' delay from completion, but delay was excused for periods while appeals and CFA leave prospects existed; 13 months after CFA refusal contained 10 months of undue delay; sanction is a global 10% deduction from amounts allowed under each bill and the defendant must pay 50% of the 2nd plaintiff's costs of the application (HKD 37,000) within 14 days; the defendant's method of quantifying common costs by percentage is per…