Read the full judgment text of HCCT 16/2020 on BabelCite. This 高等法院原訟法庭 judgment was delivered on 8 February 2021 before Hon Mimmie Chan J.
建築合同糾紛 — 主合同未簽正式合同 — 遞交未兌現支票 — 抗辯包括延期完工的罰款抵銷和支票條件交付。本案原告就被告開出的支票追討9,528,300港元，因支票拒付申請速判。被告主張依據合同條款，因工程逾期未完工，罰款11,900,000港元應可抵銷債務，且支票交付附帶簽署正式合同的條件。法院聚焦於罰款是否屬於可確定債務及是否可用以抵銷，審視相關合同條款、判例及法理，認為延期賠償款具合同公式計算性質，屬可確定債務，允許用作抵銷；同時，不接受支票附條件交付的辯護，認為無雙方互磋同意的條件。在訴訟程序上，法院允許被告就抵銷抗辯辯護，但因條件交付無可爭議事實拒絕辯護權。最終，法院命令雙方於十四日提交後續程序方案，費用待定。
Legal issues: Whether the Defendant’s claim for liquidated damages constitutes a liquidated claim for set-off · Whether the Cheque was delivered conditionally and whether there was a mutual agreement the Cheque would not operate until formal contract execution
Outcome: 批准被告就延期罰款抗辯申請辯護權，拒絕條件交付支票抗辯，費用暫緩決定
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