20 May 1982
TSANG CHEUNG KIT AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Citation
- TSANG CHEUNG KIT AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA7451/1980
The architect's certificate issued in February 1981 was invalid because Clause 3 must be construed so that any decision to extend the contractual completion date must be made by the architect before the relevant completion date to preserve the purchasers' Clause 4 rescission right; therefore completion date remained 1 June 1979 and damages are assessed from that date. The appropriate measure of damages for the delay was the rent paid for alternative accommodation during the delay; claims for interest on deposits and the asserted consequential losses (school fees, travel expenses) were rejecte…