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Hong Kong Case Law

Building/structural damage
  • 24 May 1988

    WONG KWOK CHIANG v. LONGO CONSTRUCTION LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    WONG KWOK CHIANG v. LONGO CONSTRUCTION LTD AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV168/1987

    The Court of Appeal held the trial judge had not misdirected himself and was entitled to prefer the defendants' expert evidence; on appeal plaintiffs' challenges to findings of fact and credibility failed. On cross-appeal certain itemised awards were reduced because the judge had erred in valuation or lacked evidential basis for particular components; the aggregate damages were reduced from HKD 270,100 to HKD 227,600. Costs as to the appeal were reserved for subsequent determination.