Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Construction of document

Legal area

Court

16 May 2025

TAPBO CIVIL ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD v. HONG KONG RIVER ENGINEERING COMPANY LTD

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 1977
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA610/2023

The Confirmations of Debt, properly construed and verified and signed by HKR and HKM representatives, constituted real accounts stated (and, alternatively, accounts stated for valuable consideration); the legal question was suitable for determination under O.14A and therefore judgment was entered for the plaintiffs for the stated balances subject to admitted/set-off amounts; costs follow the event.
18 Mar 2020

CHEUNG AH MEI AND ANOTHER v. WONG SHIU LING

Citation

[2020] HKCFI 449
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2025/2014

On construction of the Letter in its commercial and SPA/listing context and applying the objective test, the arrangements were between the Shareholders and SCE/Group (with recipient companies such as Phoenix assuming operational receipt), not a personal undertaking by the Defendant; further an implied term (necessary for business efficacy) limited payments to the interim period pending the listing so payments ceased when the listing failed; accordingly Plaintiffs failed to prove Defendant's personal liability and the claims were dismissed.