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Expert evidence (dye test)
  • 26 Jan 2024

    YANG GUOLIANG 對 KO KA HUNG及另一人

    Citation
    [2024] HKDC 93
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ914/2019

    Court accepted plaintiff's evidence and expert findings that the source of seepage to 1F was defects in the 2F bathroom (floor and shower enclosure/wall waterproofing and associated drainage/soil pipes); rejected the defendants' inter-floor (3F) and environmental condensation theories as unsupported; defendants breached the Deed of Mutual Covenant and s34H, and were liable in nuisance and negligence; plaintiff awarded special and general damages and a mandatory injunction ordering specified remedial works within a fixed period and costs.