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Topic

Solicitors' lien

Legal area

Court

18 Jan 2008

WISON (SHANGHAI) CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO LTD v. SIMMONS & SIMMONS (a firm)

Citation

WISON (SHANGHAI) CHEMICAL ENGINEERING CO LTD v. SIMMONS & SIMMONS (a firm)
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP664/2007

The defendant's application for security for costs is dismissed because the pleaded claim and the defendant's counterclaim are exact mirror images raising the same issues; in those circumstances the court applied the reasoning in BJ Crabtree and exercised its discretion not to order security despite concerns about the plaintiff's prospects and conduct.
18 Aug 2006

DEACONS v. WONDERYOUTH INDUSTRIES LTD

Citation

DEACONS v. WONDERYOUTH INDUSTRIES LTD
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ1891/2006

Defendant had no defence to the solicitors' bill: absence of prior complaint or application for taxation and bare assertions about lack of opportunity to agree counsel fees do not defeat the claim; plaintiff was entitled to enforce payment and to a lien over the defendant's papers, and summary judgment was appropriate.