The work is done. The payment isn't. 收咗貨、做咗工,數就係收唔到。
You did the work — so on what basis don't they pay? We put the contract, the measure and who delayed it back on the table, line by line, until the scale sits level again. 你做咗,憑咩唔畀你?份合約點寫、份數點計、邊個拖,我哋幫你一條一條擺返上枱,還你一個公道。
And if it ever has to go further, your solicitor walks in with everything already in place. 若最終要走法律程序,你的律師上場時,需要的一切,我哋早已備妥。
A scale tipped against you on site can be levelled on paper — if the record is rebuilt the right way, in time. 地盤上對你不公嘅一桿秤,可以喺紙上拉返水平 —— 只要記錄還原得啱、趕得切。
You raised the variations, you did the extra work, you reworked it again — and at the end they simply don't pay, and it feels like you've got nothing to stand on. But whether you're owed isn't decided by who argues loudest; it's decided by a record scattered across drawings, programmes, RFIs and a thousand messages. Mentis reconstructs what happened, finds the contractual leverage and builds the position — and very often, you never need a courtroom at all. And we don't replace your solicitor — the law is theirs to argue; but which argument holds and which record proves it takes someone who reads a site and a contract like a builder. Picking the move that wins is where we come in. 你出咗VO、加咗工、改完又改 —— 到頭來對家拖數,你覺得自己冇符。其實有冇道理,唔係睇你嗌得幾大聲,而係散落喺圖則、工程進度、RFI同幾千則訊息入面嘅記錄。Mentis幫你還原現場、搵出合約籌碼、砌返個立場;好多時,根本毋須對簿公堂。而我哋唔係取代你嘅律師 —— 律師主攻法律嗰一關;但用邊個論點、邊份證據先企得穩,要識地盤同合約先揀得準。幫你揀啱嗰一著嘅,就係我哋。
Most people muddle the two. Getting them right — to the day — is half the job. 好多人會撈亂兩個 —— 分得清、趕得切,單嘢已經贏咗一半。
The window to serve the adjudication notice once the dispute arises (Cap. 652 s.24). Miss it and the door closes — this is the deadline we move on first. 爭議一旦成立,發出審裁通知嘅窗口(第652章 s.24)。錯過咗,扇門就閂 —— 我哋最先追嘅,就係呢條死線。
Once appointed, the adjudicator must determine the matter within 55 working days (Cap. 652 s.42). Fast by design — and why the record has to be ready. 審裁員一經委任,須於55個工作日內作出裁決(第652章 s.42)。本身就快 —— 所以記錄一定要早早備妥。
If a contract makes payment conditional on the main contractor first being paid — a "pay-when-paid" term — that is an issue worth raising in the claim, and one for your own solicitor where the law is engaged. 如果份合約寫明要等大判收到錢先找你數 —— 即所謂「找數先找你」條款 —— 呢點值得喺申索中提出;涉及法律時,則交由你自己嘅律師處理。
From the first read of your contract to the final submission — plain answers, and work that actually gets you paid. 由睇份合約,到出最後一份陳述 —— 講你聽得明嘅嘢,做幫到你收到錢嘅事。
A short, confidential review of where you stand: what you're owed, which deadline is running, and whether there's a claim worth bringing. Free, and before any fee is agreed. 一節簡短、保密嘅初步評估:你而家企喺邊、畀人拖咗幾多、邊條死線喺度行緊、有冇一單值得做嘅申索。免費,亦喺講收費之前。
We reconstruct the record — variations, extension of time, prolongation, loss & expense — into a payment claim or response that stands up, with a clear cause-and-effect narrative built from contemporaneous documents. 我哋將散落嘅記錄還原 —— 變更、工期延長、延誤、損失與開支 —— 砌成一份企得穩嘅付款申索或回應,以同期文件建立清晰嘅因果論述。
If it goes to a Security of Payment (Cap. 652) adjudication, we see you through it — from serving the notice to the determination. Want us to act as your representative throughout? We can, scoped separately. Either way we're on your side of the table, never the adjudicator. 如果去到《建造業付款保障條例》(第652章)審裁,我哋由發出審裁通知到裁決全程協助你。想我哋全程代你出面?可以,按個案另議。無論點,我哋都企喺你嗰邊,並非擔任審裁員。
Need it earlier? We also review contracts before you sign and keep records in order on a live project — so entitlement is protected long before it becomes a dispute. 想更早?我哋亦可以喺你簽約前審閱合約,喺項目進行中幫你管好記錄 —— 喺權益變成爭議之前,早早守住。
Built from the contractor's side of the table — fast, confidential, and relentlessly practical. 企喺承建商嗰邊 —— 迅速、保密,而且極度務實。
Principal-led — we read standard and bespoke forms (SFBC, GCC, NEC4) the way the people who built the works do, so your contract is understood whatever form it sits on.由主理人主導 —— 標準或度身合約(SFBC、GCC、NEC4)都以建造者嘅角度解讀,無論你份合約用邊種格式,都睇得通。
SOPO sets hard statutory deadlines — 28 days to launch the adjudication, and the adjudicator must determine it within 55 working days. We are structured to respond within them, not despite them.SOPO 設有嚴格法定限期 —— 28天內啟動審裁,裁決須於委任後55個工作日內作出。我們的運作專為在法定限期內回應而設,而非勉力追趕。
Personal data is handled under the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (Cap. 486); client-identifying information is never exposed to third-party tools without safeguards.個人資料按《個人資料(私隱)條例》(第486章)處理;在欠缺保障措施下,客戶識別資料絕不外泄予第三方工具。
We are consultants, not solicitors — focused on commercial outcomes, recovery and risk, and candid about when you need your own solicitor.我哋係顧問,而非律師 —— 專注於商業成果、追討與風險,並坦誠指出何時需要你自己嘅律師介入。
Specialist claims advice too often runs on an open-ended meter. Mentis works to a fixed or capped fee for a defined scope — you know the cost before you commit. And set against the sum you're chasing, that fixed fee is usually a fraction of it — a small, known outlay to protect a far larger one. Whether it's worth it, you can work out for yourself. 專業申索意見,往往以無止境嘅計時收費進行。Mentis 就明確範疇提供定額或封頂收費 —— 委託前,你已經知道幾多錢。而對住你爭緊嗰個數,呢筆定額往往只係一個零頭 —— 細細一筆投入,去守住一筆大好多嘅錢;抵唔抵,你自己計到。
A defined deliverable — a payment claim, payment response, extension-of-time or loss-and-expense submission — prepared for a single fixed fee, quoted after a free triage and scaled to the claim's complexity. 明確嘅交付成果 —— 付款申索、付款回應、工期延長或損失與開支陳述 —— 以單一定額費用辦理,於免費睇案後報價,按個案繁簡釐定。
We act as your representative through a Security of Payment (Cap. 652) adjudication, from serving the notice (within 28 days of the dispute) through to the determination (within 55 working days of appointment) — a fixed or capped fee, structured to move at the Ordinance's statutory pace. 於《建造業付款保障條例》(第652章)審裁中擔任你嘅代表,由發出審裁通知(爭議起28天內),到裁決作出(委任起55個工作日內) —— 定額或封頂收費,專為配合條例嘅法定節奏而設。
A monthly retainer for live-project contract review, records discipline and dispute-avoidance advice — protecting entitlement before it ever becomes a dispute. 為進行中嘅項目提供合約審閱、記錄管理及避免爭議意見嘅月費委託 —— 喺權益演變成爭議之前,先行守護。
Quoted upfront for a defined scope. You know the cost before you commit — no open-ended meter. 就明確範疇預先報價。委託前清楚知道費用 —— 絕無無止境嘅計時收費。
We don't take a share of your recovery. The fee is agreed before we start — what you win stays yours. 我們不會抽取您追討所得的任何份額。收幾多,動工前講清楚 —— 你追返嘅,全歸你。
A short, confidential triage at no charge — followed by a written fixed-fee proposal before any work begins. 一節簡短而保密嘅初步評估,完全免費 —— 隨後喺展開任何工作之前,提供書面定額報價。
Mentis Contracts is a Hong Kong construction claims and contract consultancy — turning site records into fast, fixed-fee Security of Payment claims, built from the contractor's side of the table. We are not a firm of solicitors and do not provide reserved legal services; where the law needs a lawyer, we work alongside yours. Mentis —— 香港建造申索及合約顧問,將地盤記錄變成趕得切、定額收費嘅SOPO付款申索,企喺承建商嗰邊。我哋唔係律師事務所,亦不提供須由律師處理嘅法律服務;涉及法律時,會同你嘅律師合作。
We handle payment claims, contract disputes and records for contractors of every size; larger projects and developer- or consultant-side disputes are taken by case-by-case assessment. 我哋處理付款申索、合約爭議同記錄整理,唔論工程大細;涉及較大型項目、發展商或顧問方嘅爭議,亦會按個案承接。
Get the records right, and the entitlement follows. 把記錄做對,權益自然隨之而來。The Mentis approachMentis 的理念
Owed money now? Don't wait — every SOPO step runs on a deadline, and the 28-day window to act closes fast. 畀緊人拖數?唔好等 —— SOPO每一步都有死線,28日提出申索嘅窗口好快過。
Tell us briefly what you're facing — what you're owed, and any deadline you're aware of — and we'll come back to you promptly. No confidential detail needed yet. 簡單講吓你面對緊咩 —— 畀人拖咗幾多、知唔知有冇死線 —— 我哋會盡快回覆。暫時唔使提供機密細節。
Please do not send confidential or privileged documents in this first message. 首次聯絡時,請勿傳送機密或受保密特權保護嘅文件。
