27 Dec 2012
DING XIAOHONG AND OTHERS v. KING & WOOD (a firm)
- Citation
- DING XIAOHONG AND OTHERS v. KING & WOOD (a firm)
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1817/2011
The court accepted the plaintiffs' oral evidence that the solicitor assured the fees were interim and subject to review, found the 1st–4th bills were true interim bills and therefore plaintiffs were entitled as of right to taxation of all five bills; alternatively, even if those bills were interim final bills, the court would exercise its discretion under s 67(2) LPO to order taxation of the 1st–4th bills because special circumstances (overcharging, lack of particularity and unfairness) justified taxation without conditions; costs of the action reserved pending taxation and order nisi on cost…