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Hong Kong Case Law

Statutory fee scales (cap.6c)
  • 22 Sept 2010

    RE MAN MUI MUI

    Citation
    RE MAN MUI MUI
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCB6656/2009

    The Master held that the Official Receiver is entitled to recover statutory fees and percentages under Cap.6C for estate administration and may separately recover costs for annulment litigation under the court's discretion; miscellaneous expenses may be charged in addition to the item 11 minimum where the OR's time costs demonstrably exceed that minimum; the OR's costs for each annulment were fixed at HKD 5,000 and the specific sums claimed for each bankrupt were upheld and ordered deductible first from the Petitioner's deposit then from each bankrupt's assets in the OR's hands, with any shor…