1 Mar 2004
WU YIN FAI v. NG KAM TONG
- Citation
- WU YIN FAI v. NG KAM TONG
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ6305/2002
The court found the contract was a design-and-build agreement with an agreed completion date before Chinese New Year; the defendant's works were defective and not practically complete, breaching implied warranties of fitness and regulatory compliance; the plaintiff was reasonable to refuse further reliance on the defendant for rectification; the defendant's counterclaim failed though he could recover on quantum meruit, and the plaintiff was awarded damages for remedial costs and related losses totalling $322,143 plus interest and costs.