20 Nov 2012
廈門新景地集團有限公司 formerly known as 廈門市鑫新景地房地產有限公司 v. ETON PROPERTIES LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- 廈門新景地集團有限公司 formerly known as 廈門市鑫新景地房地產有限公司 v. ETON PROPERTIES LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCL13/2011
On the particular procedural history and factual matrix of this litigation the court found that the separate legal teams retained by the defendants were justified; the plaintiff's application to limit liability to a single shared set of costs (or to apportion 25% to each tranche) was rejected. The order nisi as to costs was made absolute in favour of the defendants, with certification for three counsel granted for the 1st and 2nd defendants subject to taxation of the additional silk's fees on the senior-junior scale, and specified interlocutory reserved costs orders were determined as set out…