Meaning of Practical Completion In Building Contracts

Mondaq Business BriefingHong Kong Law Articles in English (2007)

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Meaning of Practical Completion In Building Contracts

Following the recent judgment of Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal in the case of Mariner International Hotels Ltd v Atlas Ltd, the term 'practical completion' in Hong Kong building contracts is now arguably a legal term of art which means a state of affairs in which the works have been completed free from patent defects other than ones to be ignored as trifling.

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Two of Hong Kong's major property conglomerates, Sino and Hang Lung entered into an agreement for the sale and purchase of a hotel (the Agreemen...

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