WAH SUNG CONSTRUCTION & PILING LTD V. CHEERWIDE LTD

[2024] HKCFI 45 Court of First Instance 10 January 2024 • HCCT57/2020 • 159 min read

21 cases cited (0 HK, 21 foreign) Cited by 4 cases

Judges (1)

Counsel (9)

Henry Yu & Associates Firm Hon & Co Firm L & Y Law Office Firm Alex Fan & Counsel Plaintiff Jiang Zixin Counsel Defendant Joanne Szeto Counsel Plaintiff Leung Hing Fung Counsel Plaintiff Martin Hui SC Counsel Defendant Solomon Lam Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

CHEERWIDE LIMITED ( by Original Action) Defendant Wah Sung Construction & Piling Limited Plaintiff

Case Significance

Wah Sung Construction & Piling Ltd v. Cheerwide Ltd [2024] HKCFI 45 was decided by the Court of First Instance on 10 January 2024. No catchwords, taxonomy classification or outcome are recorded for this matter in the available data. The decision has been cited in a series of later District Court construction disputes, including Hung Lee Decoration Engineering Ltd v. David Decoration Ltd [2025] HKDC 2002, Wong Kin Tit trading as Flourish Engineering Company v. Zeng Yongju and Lam Yuen Piu trading as Lung Shan Construction Company (A Firm) [2025] HKDC 2109, and E Villas Ltd v. Lai Yuk Shan [2026] HKDC 225.

What kind of disputes cite Wah Sung Construction & Piling Ltd v. Cheerwide Ltd [2024] HKCFI 45?

The decision has been cited in later District Court construction-related disputes, including Hung Lee Decoration Engineering Ltd v. David Decoration Ltd [2025] HKDC 2002 and Wong Kin Tit trading as Flourish Engineering Company v. Zeng Yongju and Lam Yuen Piu [2025] HKDC 2109.

Statutes Cited

Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123)

Cases Cited (21)

UK (14)

[1980] AC 198 [1982] QB 438 [1984] 1 WLR 287 [1990] 1 AC 831 [1995] 2 AC 145 [1998] 1 WLR 831 [2001] 2 AC 619 [2001] EWCA Civ 19 [2001] QB 1174 [2012] EWHC 3652 [2013] EWHC 139 [2015] AC 1619 [2015] EWHC 2923 [2017] AC 1173

AU (1)

[2020] VSCA 192

HK (6)

(2020) 23 HKCFAR 487 [2004] 1 HKLRD 969 [2007] 3 HKLRD 439 [2020] HKCFI 415 [2023] HKCFI 1126 [2023] HKCFI 227

Cited By (4)

[2026] HKDC 480

BENNY LEE WAI KHEONG AND ANOTHER V. LAM KEN CHUNG SIMON AND ANOTHER

[2026] HKDC 225

E VILLAS LTD V. LAI YUK SHAN

[2025] HKDC 2002

HUNG LEE DECORATION ENGINEERING LTD V. DAVID DECORATION LTD

[2025] HKDC 2109

WONG KIN TIT TRADING AS FLOURISH ENGINEERING COMPANY V. ZENG YONGJU AND LAM YUEN PIU TRADING AS LUNG SHAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (A FIRM)

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 4 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2026] HKDC 480 District Court

19 March 2026

[2026] HKDC 225 District Court

11 February 2026

[2025] HKDC 2002 District Court

17 December 2025

[2025] HKDC 2109 District Court

16 December 2025