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  • 20 Apr 2007

    SUPER HAPPY INVESTMENT LTD v. KOT HING WAH

    Citation
    SUPER HAPPY INVESTMENT LTD v. KOT HING WAH
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ1510/2006

    Court found Plaintiff owed both a tortious and implied contractual duty to provide a reasonably safe business environment but any breaches (cleaning, occasional open anti‑smoke doors, passage encroachment, LPG use, slippery areas, scaffolding concerns) were minor, did not amount to repudiatory breach and caused no loss to Defendant; Defendant repudiation/termination not accepted; Defendant breached licence by failing to pay fees and wrongfully retained possession; Plaintiff entitled to recover licence fees to 23 March 2006 and mesne profits at $18,000/month up to one month after recovery of p…