Read the full judgment text of HCMP 005570/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 July 2006.
1. Around the end of 1995 Mr Lau, the plaintiff, and Mr Ma, the 1 st defendant, were contractors in the field of piling and foundations and the like. Mr Ma owned a number of companies, one of which called SY Engineering Company Limited (SY Engineering) was the main contractor undertaking a major piling project for the Hong Kong Housing Authority at Ma On Shan. He also owned two parcels of land at Ping Che in the New Territories. This was and remains undeveloped land; at the material time Mr M