9 Dec 1999
YEUNG SHU AND ANOTHER v. MESSRS ALFRED LAU & CO. (a firm)
- Citation
- YEUNG SHU AND ANOTHER v. MESSRS ALFRED LAU & CO. (a firm)
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV253/1999
The Court of Appeal upheld the taxing master's allowances: subpoena costs for the plaintiffs' expert were properly taxable as they serve to secure attendance and prevent adjournment, and the challenged counsel fees (Items 16–19) were separate and discrete work done before trial and therefore not subsumed by the later brief fee; the taxing master and judge did not err in exercise of their discretion and the appeal was dismissed.