22 Mar 2018
POON CHI YAN v. JSI LOGISTICS (HONG KONG) LTD
- Citation
- [2018] HKDC 311
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC39/2014
The court refused to make an order under s17(3) LAO against the aided person because the primary fault lay with the assigned solicitor and counsel for failing to report materially changed evidence to the Director, the aided person lacked means so any order would likely be ineffective and it would be unfair to deprive the respondent of recovery without hearing them; instead the court disallowed recovery by the assigned solicitor and counsel of their own taxed legal aid costs for specified post-notification periods (after 20 December 2016 for the 1st Accident and on or after 16 September 2014 f…