14 Dec 1968
LUEN TAT CO v. THE VALLEY VIEW CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING SOCIETY LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- LUEN TAT CO v. THE VALLEY VIEW CO-OPERATIVE BUILDING SOCIETY LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1943/1966
The court held that the additional excavation necessitated by the rectified plans amounted to extra work payable as a variation; although the architect's Variation Order was not sufficient to estop the Society, the Society (through acceptance and conduct) had effectively adopted the mistake and the contractors were entitled to payment for the additional excavation measured at 300,401 cu.ft. at HKD0.23/cu.ft. and entitled to specified variation sums and extensions; the contractors completed on 13 Sep 1965, were 62 days late under the supplementary agreement, liquidated damages of HKD12,400 wer…