Read the full judgment text of HCA 004885/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 30 October 1997.
1. This is an appeal by the Defendant from the Order of the Master entering summary judgment against the Defendant. The Defendant has a building contract claim against the Hong Kong Housing Authority under a 1987 Contract. The Plaintiff is a building construction consultant and his business activities might be characterized, by analogy to "ambulance chaser" of the American legal system of contingency fees, as building claims chaser. The Plaintiff agreed with the Defendant to manage and pursue th