Read the full judgment text of CACV 000008/1969 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 26 September 1969.
1. The parties of the action out of which this appeal arises entered into a written contract dated 21st February, 1967, whereby the plaintiff (the present appellant) undertook to build a number of houses in the New Territories for the defendants for a sum of $863,735.67. This contract which is in the usual R.I.B.A. form contains a number of provisions which are a type familiar in such documents. In particular, clause 25 contains provisions for interim payments to be made to the contractor agains