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Hong Kong Case Law

Taxing master powers

  • 31 May 2019

    WONG LAI KWAN KAY v. CHINA MOBILE HONG KONG CO LTD

    Citation
    [2019] HKDC 717
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCPI1187/2016

    A Formal Taxation following a provisional taxation by a CJC is not a de novo taxation; it is party-specific and confined to the objections and grounds notified under PD14.3/Notification. A taxing master must consider the CJC's order nisi and may only depart from the CJC's provisional assessment for good reason supported by documents or working papers disclosed at Formal Taxation; parties may not raise fresh cross-objections at the hearing absent prior compliance with notification requirements.

  • 6 May 2013

    BUILDTECH LTD v. HUNG WAN CONSTRUCTION CO LTD

    Citation
    BUILDTECH LTD v. HUNG WAN CONSTRUCTION CO LTD
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ1385/2008

    The judge exercised the court's discretion afresh and found that where parties had genuinely engaged in settlement discussions prior to the due date and no milestone or hearing date would be affected, a short post-due extension could be granted. The defendant was granted the extension on strict terms: file and serve the Application within three days or be debarred; interest on taxed costs was disallowed for the period of undue delay (12 December 2012 to filing date); defendant to pay plaintiff's costs for the extension application. The court balanced the objectives of the CJR, the content of…