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The District Court held the defendant liable for water seepage from Flat 5E to Flat 4E, granted an injunction, and awarded HK$336,578.60 in damages.
Assessment of damages in a libel action arising from WhatsApp publications. The court awarded HK$180,000 general damages and refused exemplary damages.
The application was refused because the plaintiff failed to prove that the summons was validly served in accordance with Order 10 of the Rules; placing the documents in a pouch at the defendant's gate when no letterbox existed did not satisfy the prescribed methods of service, and therefore the precondition for registration of a non-trial judgment was not met.
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The District Court granted default judgment only for specific performance of a separation agreement, but refused declarations, injunctions, and damages claims.
District Court default judgment in a water seepage dispute: liability was entered for the plaintiff, a mandatory injunction was granted, damages were left to be assessed, and costs were awarded.
The Court of First Instance held that the incorporated owners’ house rules were mostly reasonable, rejected estoppel by convention, and awarded only nominal damages to both sides.
On the evidence overall (consultant reports, infrared/microwave/EY wet testing, water authority findings and the plaintiff's expert), the plaintiff established on the required probability standard that the seepage into 10F originated from the defendants' 11F guest bathroom floor slab and defective waterproofing and/or leaking internal water pipework; defendants therefore liable in nuisance and negligence and for breach of the Supplemental Deed of Mutual Covenant and Building Management Ordinance obligations. The court lifted the automatic Legal Aid Ordinance s15 stay as the defendants' late a…
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The District Court ordered the plaintiffs to pay the defendant’s costs after they withdrew a summary judgment summons in a family property dispute.
A Hong Kong court held that the company’s 16 May 2025 written resolution validly removed its director, making later filings by him unauthorised and void.
District Court water-leakage dispute over a 2/F and 3/F flat. The court found leakage from the defendant’s flat, but held the 2nd Defendant lacked knowledge and dismissed the claim.
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