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  • 23 Mar 2004

    LI CHUN KIT v. PACIFIC WING SHING AIR DUCT CO LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    LI CHUN KIT v. PACIFIC WING SHING AIR DUCT CO LTD AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCLA74/2003

    The Commission Document explicitly defined 'annual sales invoice amount' as 'the total amount of sales invoices which have been settled at the end of each financial year'; 'settled' in that contractual context means paid. Therefore the Presiding Officer erred in treating turnover (invoiced but unpaid amounts) as the basis for commission; commission is payable only on invoices actually paid by the year end. The appeal is allowed and the award based on the contrary construction is set aside.