23 Apr 2019
Court accepted the plaintiff's unchallenged evidence, found the defendant breached the subcontract, applied contractual entitlements and allowable set-offs, and awarded net damages of HK$4,934,840.34; interest awarded from the writ date at HSBC prime+1% until judgment date then judgment rate thereafter; costs awarded to plaintiff to be assessed unless agreed.
12 Jan 2016
The Registrar allowed plaintiffs leave to adduce expert evidence on issues 4(f) and 5(b) and allowed defendants leave on specified accounting and valuation issues after finding expert assistance necessary for disputed inter‑company accounting and valuation matters; the Registrar declined to impose the defendants' chosen single joint expert over the plaintiffs' objection, ordered separate experts for certain valuation issues (plaintiff's Colum Bancroft and defendant's Frank Yuen) with mandatory exchange, meeting and joint reporting requirements, and appointed a single joint expert (Simon Sham)…