Read the full judgment text of HCCL 000003/1986 on BabelCite. This HCCL judgment was delivered on 8 December 1986.
1. This application raises an important point of construction under the 1976 edition of the Hong Kong Standard Form of Building Contract, Private Edition (with Quantities). It is whether clause 30 creates in the hands of the employer an effective retention fund in relation to what was called, in argument, the nominated sub-contractor's proportion of the fund.