13 Dec 2000
WENDEN ENGINEERING SERVICES CO. LTD. v. LEE SHING YUE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
- Citation
- WENDEN ENGINEERING SERVICES CO. LTD. v. LEE SHING YUE CONSTRUCTION CO. LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCT90/1999
The court exercised its statutory and inherent powers (s48 High Court Ordinance and inherent jurisdiction) to vary the draft order to include interest despite the omission in the amended motion and at the hearing, finding the omission inadvertent and not fatal; the plaintiff was entitled to interest at prime plus 1% per annum for the periods specified in the draft order; costs of the summons were awarded to the plaintiff.