CONDITIONS ON A CLAIM

摘要

There was a time when conditions precedent featured in very few building contracts. Now they can be found in almost every building contract in relation to parties' rights to claim additional time and money. Before reviewing a recent judgment on conditions precedent from the High Court of Hong Kong, Maeda Corporation & China State Construction Engineering vs Bauer Hong Kong [2019] HKCFI 916, it is useful to recap on what is a condition precedent and its effect.