15 Aug 2016
YAU LEE CONSTRUCTION CO LTD v. CHINA STEEL ENGINEERING CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- YAU LEE CONSTRUCTION CO LTD v. CHINA STEEL ENGINEERING CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCT49/2010
The Court preferred the plaintiff's expert interpretations on disputed drawing details and measurements, held that spacer bars and steel chairs are not separately measurable but included in the defendant's rates, disallowed claims for auditorium column works and concrete-testing bars for lack of evidence, allowed 50% of the defendant's transportation claim to reflect external transport costs, upheld the 15% administrative fee under clause 7(b) as a genuine pre-estimate and enforceable, and held the plaintiff entitled to withhold the 20% ex gratia payment because the defendant failed to provid…