7 Apr 2014
CHAN SHUN KEI t/a CHAN SHUN KEI CONSTRUCTION WORKS v. HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION (HONG KONG) LTD
- Citation
- CHAN SHUN KEI t/a CHAN SHUN KEI CONSTRUCTION WORKS v. HONG KONG CONSTRUCTION (HONG KONG) LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCT2/2011
The court held that the 2003 final account is the appropriate starting point for quantification but may be adjusted where credible evidence demonstrates underclaiming; where expert methodologies conflicted and neither side was wholly persuasive the court applied item-by-item evaluative adjustments, including limited use of splitting the difference, resulting in an award to the plaintiff of HKD 1,182,933 plus interest and dismissal of the defendant's counterclaim; costs were apportioned: defendant entitled to 50% of its costs for the liability trial, plaintiff entitled to 50% of its costs for…