6 Mar 2000
SUN KAI ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. TILEMAN ASIA (HK) LTD.
- Citation
- SUN KAI ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. TILEMAN ASIA (HK) LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCT56/1997
Court held plaintiff entitled to the unpaid contract balance and retention monies with release timing as per the Letter of Acceptance (2.5% on practical completion dated 13 March 1996 certifying completion 31 Jan 1996; remaining 2.5% after the 12-month maintenance period ending 31 Jan 1997), entitled to damages for 20 days' delay caused by defendant's prevention/hindrance and awarded $710,000, and entitled to quantum meruit payment of $39,000 for the demonstration; defendant's back-to-back and other procedural defences failed to defeat these rights.