Hong Kong rejects weak set-off link

Lloyd, H.

Hong Kong rejects weak set-off link - 1992 - Building 257(7743) 1 May 1992, 30(1) .

The right to set-off or withhold monies claimed, in order to cover sums due under another contract has been explored by the courts in Hong Kong, as statutory law is ill-defined. Connecting factors between the two contracts were, in this case, deemed insufficient for the government to retain money due from a contract dispute four years earlier.


BUILT ENVIRONMENT-BUILDING CONTRACT FORMS
CLAIMS
CROWN PROCEEDINGS ACT 1947 S35
GC/WORKS/1 EDITION 3 CL51
SET-OFF