12 Jul 2006
LAW FAT KAM v.THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Citation
- LAW FAT KAM v.THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Court
- Lands Tribunal
- Case number
- LDMT1/2004
The Tribunal held that assessment must be carried out on a time‑basis because Scale 10.1 does not provide the information necessary to apply the statutory reasonableness test and was materially outdated; the Tribunal adopted time rates (adjusted upward from the 1995 scale to reflect inflation) for named staff, reduced claimed hours where excessive, disallowed certain meetings and excessive research time, and awarded professional remuneration of HKD 152,520 plus disbursements of HKD 2,000 (total HKD 154,520), and granted a costs order nisi on District Court scale.