7 Jan 2025
M v. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 206
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL1034/2021
The court varied the prior costs order nisi by allocating costs on a ground/issue basis: N must pay respondents' costs of her Expert Summons and of Grounds 1 and 2; no order as to costs for N on Grounds 3 and 4; M must pay respondents' costs of her Expert Summons and Ground 2 while the respondents must pay M's costs of Ground 1; no order as to costs for M on Grounds 3 and 4; all awarded costs to be taxed if not agreed and any set‑off applied; applicants' own costs to be taxed in accordance with legal aid regulations; no order as to costs of the variation application. The court applied the gen…