31 Jan 2024
NG LEUNG MING t/a MING KEE ENG CONSTRUCTION CO v. HANKI CONTRACTORS (HONG KONG) & ASSOCIATES LTD
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 376
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA295/2020
On the proper construction of the Agreement and surrounding circumstances the Defendant did not agree on 4 April 2019 to assume Homeland's pre-termination liabilities for the Stage 2 invoices; Alfred Wong had apparent authority to act for the Defendant but his communications did not constitute a novation or unconditional guarantee by the Defendant; only HK$257,800 was payable by the Defendant in respect of the 8 May 2019 invoice for post-termination work; the three other post-termination invoices were not proved delivered nor the works proved; the HK$100,000 and HK$200,000 were advance/part-p…