A rare case under the General Conditions of Contract for the Airport Core Programme Civil Engineering Works (the ACP Conditions) will soon be published in the law reports. In A-G v Trafalgar House Construction (Asia) Ltd and Others, to be reported as [1996] 4 HKC 1, the Government opposed an adjudicator hearing a common law claim for damages for breach of contract. This month J.A. Mclnnis looks at the jurisdiction of the adjudicator under the ACP Conditions and the distinction between claims under the contract and common claims for damages for breach of contract.published_or_final_versio
