28 Jun 2024
The court exercised its discretion to summarily assess the plaintiff's costs claim, disallowing or reducing specific excessive items and adopting a broad‑brush assessment to fix the recoverable costs at HK$200,000; the defendant must pay those costs with a certificate for one counsel.
9 Nov 2020
The judge found the defendant advanced no new or substantial arguments showing a reasonable prospect of success and had not discharged obligations (payment of mesne profits); therefore leave to appeal was refused and the stay of execution was not justified. Costs were awarded to the plaintiff for the leave applications.
9 Nov 2020
The defendant did not demonstrate any reasonable prospect of success nor advanced new grounds to justify continuation of the appeal; therefore leave to appeal is denied and the earlier orders (including mesne profits and denial of stay) remain enforceable.