20 Dec 2011
YANG AND LIU (JASMINE) YANG V CHEN HC AK CIV 2007-404-1751
- Citation
- openlaw-18694a27_d587_4f64_9bad_e97bd273699a.pdf
- Court
- High Court
The Court treated the principal and derivative proceedings as a single efficient hearing and exercised its discretion to award costs to the plaintiffs on the scale claimed except for specific disallowed items; key disbursements (forensic accountant fees, most computer forensics, interpreter/translation, half of Chinese expert fee) were allowed as reasonably necessary; Heard Park Ltd could not be distinguished from Mr Chen for costs as it acted as his corporate vehicle; interlocutory relief granted to defendants was an indulgence and did not defeat plaintiffs' entitlement to costs, resulting i…