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Hong Kong Case Law

Set-off/contra-charge
  • 7 Sept 1998

    TRIDANT ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. PAUL Y. ITC (E & M) CONTRACTORS LTD.

    Citation
    TRIDANT ENGINEERING CO. LTD. v. PAUL Y. ITC (E & M) CONTRACTORS LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCT40/1996

    The court ordered the defendant to supply, within 30 days, further and better particulars limited to those necessary for the plaintiff to prepare its defence—specifically: itemised particulars of work and materials, precise locations of alleged remedial works, cost breakdowns and how percentages/lump sums/rates were calculated, the contractual provisions and the factual basis of the alleged breaches—and ordered answers to those interrogatories directly relevant to the pay-when-paid issue and entitlement to payments from the main contractor; requests seeking mere evidence, irrelevant matters o…