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Statutory indemnity under the ordinance
  • 28 Jun 2013

    TING KAM YUEN v. VIATECH ENGINEERING LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    TING KAM YUEN v. VIATECH ENGINEERING LTD AND ANOTHER
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCEC242/2004

    The court found on the balance of probabilities that the 2nd respondent and its insurer Ming An, through solicitors' letters and by filing answers before the 1st respondent, objectively and unreasonably influenced the 1st respondent to defend the ECC; that conduct amounted to special or unusual features justifying an award of indemnity costs to the 1st respondent for defending the ECC and opposing the s 24 indemnity application, with certificate for counsel; and ordered an order nisi for the 1st respondent's costs of the present application to be paid by the 2nd respondent on party and party…