14 May 2012
MAX COMPONENTS LTD v. CYCLO TRANSPORTATION CO LTD
- Citation
- MAX COMPONENTS LTD v. CYCLO TRANSPORTATION CO LTD
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ1397/2009
Defendant, as sub‑bailee/sub‑sub‑bailee, owed plaintiff duties under bailment and negligence and breached those duties by leaving goods unattended for 35 minutes which constituted wilful neglect; the limitation clause relied on either did not apply to the plaintiff (it governed Tian Ying) or did not cover negligence and, in any event, wilful neglect excluded reliance on the clause; accordingly judgment awarded to plaintiff for HK$83,377.32 with interest and costs.