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Eternity Contracting & Engineering Company Limited v The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited (High Court of Hong Kong HCCT 33/2007)

  1. 12 September 2003Arbitration

    12 September 2003Arbitration

    Instruction to Sub-contractor for KCRC – P/D Installation

    Supporting details

    3 participants
    Eternity Contracting & Engineering Company Limited
    The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited
    Representative
    Leung Kam Fai (For: The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited)

    13 years, 2 months and 5 days later · 4815 days

  2. 17 November 2016Hong Kong

    17 November 2016Hong Kong

    Judgment of the High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance in the case HCCT 33/2007 dated 17 November 2016

    High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance

    Case no.
    HCCT 33/2007
    Decision summary
    The court held that the Instruction to Sub-contractor was a conditional contract that required confirmation by a Work Order, and no Work Order was issued. The plaintiff therefore could not recover payment for labour or materials. Independently, the plaintiff failed to prove its claim on the balance of probabilities. The court dismissed the action and made a costs order nisi requiring the plaintiff to pay the defendant’s costs.

    Supporting details

    3 authorities · 13 participants
    Eternity Contracting & Engineering Company Limited
    Representative
    Solomon Lam (For: Eternity Contracting & Engineering Company Limited)
    Representative
    Cheung & Liu (For: Eternity Contracting & Engineering Company Limited)
    The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited
    Representative
    James Niehorster (For: The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited)
    Representative
    Holman Fenwick Willan (For: The Jardine Engineering Corporation, Limited)
    High Court of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Court of First Instance
    Other

    Authorities cited

    3
    • Hong Kong Civil Procedure 2017
      procedural rules
    • Hong Kong Control of Exemption Clause Ordinance (Cap. 71)
      statute
    • Chitty on Contracts, Volume 1 (30th edition) (Chitty on Contracts, Vol. 1 (30th ed))
      treatise

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