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  • 11 Apr 2022

    YOE HAN YAUW v. YOE HAN HIAN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2022] HKCA 498
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV19/2021

    The Deputy Judge erred in law and was plainly wrong in awarding all costs to the respondents because the applicant obtained the principal relief (disclosure and inspection under s.740) and respondents' prior unreasonable refusal to provide documents warranted awarding costs to the applicant up to the Hearing; the applicant's unreasonable insistence on a search order did not, in context, justify making him pay all costs; accordingly the Costs Order was set aside and substituted: respondents to pay costs up to the Hearing to applicant, no order as to costs for the Hearing, and respondents to pa…

  • 15 Oct 2020

    YOE HAN YAUW v. YOE HAN HIAN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 2613
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP290/2020

    Leave to appeal was refused because the applicant failed to demonstrate a palpable error in the judge's exercise of discretion on costs: the applicant insisted on a legally unsupported search order and pursued it to hearing despite respondents' offer to provide disclosure and costs on conditions; the amount at stake was minimal (de minimis) and would not justify leave; accordingly refusal of leave and award of costs was justified.