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  • 23 Dec 1983

    KEITH STEVENS MCCONNELL v. BAK LING ENTERPRISES LTD

    Citation
    KEITH STEVENS MCCONNELL v. BAK LING ENTERPRISES LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA4246/1983

    Court found the agent's promise to wax polish constituted a collateral warranty breached by defendant; damages limited to loss of enjoyment for period until polishing ($8,423.74) plus cost of polishing ($1,200 incorporated into award), plaintiff validly exercised break clause so tertiary year rent did not bind him, statutory continuation under the Ordinance was not established nor applied, continuing occupation was without landlord consent, and clause 5 deposit was a penal forfeiture enforceable in the circumstances because plaintiff's breaches (long withholding of rent and failure to yield u…