17 Mar 2023
CHEUNG KA MAN v. WONG YU HUEN
- Citation
- [2023] HKDC 370
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI214/2021
The handling solicitor deliberately and consciously concealed a second accident and related documents, grossly inflated damages, failed to disclose a close personal relationship with the plaintiff, and refused timely inclusion of discovered documents in the trial bundle in breach of duties as an officer of the court; these failures caused wasted costs and justified dismissal of the plaintiff's claim and ordering the solicitor personally to pay the defendant's costs on an indemnity basis, summarily assessed at HK$800,000, and entry of judgment on the defendant's counterclaim.