BETWEEN COMPANIA SUD AMERICANA DE VAPORES SA v. N PRO INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LTD
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HCMP 1932/2014
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF APPEAL
MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO 1932OF 2014
(ON AN INTENDED APPEAL FROM HCMP NO. 1449 of 2014)
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BETWEEN
| COMPANIA SUD AMERICANA DE VAPORES SA | Plaintiff | |
| AND | ||
| HIN-PRO INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LIMITED | Defendant |
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Before : Hon Cheung CJHC and Lam VP
Date of Assessment of Costs : 10 November 2014
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ASSESSMENT OF COSTS
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Hon Lam VP (giving the Assessment of Costs of the Court):
1. In our judgment of 16 October 2014, we ordered costs against the Defendant on indemnity basis.
2. We have read the costs statement of the Plaintiff of 23 October 2014. We have also read the Defendant’s List of Objection of 4 November 2014, which, despite our order for costs on indemnity basis, was prepared on party-to-party basis.
3. Having considered these documents, we would reduce the photocopying charges of the Plaintiff to $720. And we do not understand why there should be charges for preparation for hearing as the matter was disposed of on paper. Thus, we would disallow item D3. Apart from that, we would not make any further reduction bearing in mind the award is on indemnity basis.
4. The costs of the Plaintiff are therefore fixed at $132,250, payable by the Defendant to the Plaintiff forthwith.
| (Andrew Cheung) Chief Judge, High Court | (M H Lam) Vice President |
Stephenson Harwood for the plaintiff
Damien Shea & Co for the defendant