27 Nov 2008
SEAN ERIC MCLEAN HOTUNG v. HILLHEAD LTD
- Citation
- SEAN ERIC MCLEAN HOTUNG v. HILLHEAD LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2820/2002
On the factual matrix (retainer letters addressed to the sons, the content of the two firms' letters, affidavit evidence showing the 2nd defendant and solicitor believed liability was joint and several, the pattern of haphazard payments and practical reality of a common defence), the court concluded the parties intended a joint and several retainer; the master’s taxation finding was therefore correct; the alleged settlement was not proved by admissible evidence and did not affect the outcome.