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Property Dynasty Ltd v Han Kun Law Offices LLP [2025] HKCFI 5628

[2025] HKCFI 5628

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtHong Kong Court of First Instance

Year2025

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Section 67 of the Legal Practitioners Ordinance (Cap. 159), governing taxation of solicitors' bills, does not expressly exclude or oust a client's common law causes of action in contract and negligence against solicitors for wrongful or negligent billing, so a client is not confined to the statutory taxation process.

Area of Law

commercial

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