Read the full judgment text of HCCT 43/2019 on BabelCite. This 高等法院原訟法庭 judgment was delivered on 16 March 2021 before Hon Mimmie Chan J.
Construction and arbitration proceedings — Expert evidence — Leave to adduce expert evidence on quantum and programming issues — Court grants leave for single joint quantum expert limited to specified variation works questions, and one expert each on limited programming questions — Certain questions rejected as unduly wide or not within expertise of proposed expert, including issues of contract construction, factual findings, and nature of works requiring engineering expertise — Liquidated damages question held as matter for the court, not expert opinion — Costs reserved to the cause with directions for future consent applications.
Legal issues: Scope of expert evidence admissible · Whether liquidated damages question is appropriate for expert opinion
Outcome: Application for leave to adduce expert evidence partly granted and partly refused as detailed.
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