24 Sept 2008
B.S.C. INTERIOR CONTRACT AND ENGINEERING CO LTD v. SHINTA LTD
- Citation
- B.S.C. INTERIOR CONTRACT AND ENGINEERING CO LTD v. SHINTA LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCCT97/2003
On the balance of probabilities the court found that representatives of Shinta did give assurances which constituted a binding oral contract: BSC relied on those assurances and carried out repair works; the works constituted fresh consideration (they were outside the subcontract) and there was intention to create legal relations; alternatively BSC would have been entitled to recover on a quantum meruit basis. The court resolved quantum by adopting and adjusting expert assessments and directed parties to agree final figures, interest and costs (costs nisi in favour of plaintiff).