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Hong Kong Case Law

Conversion/retention of tools
  • 9 Jul 2015

    曾氏工程公司 v. 林慧嫻

    Citation
    曾氏工程公司 v. 林慧嫻
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ3596/2011

    The judge preferred plaintiff's and corroborating witness evidence over the defendant's, found the parties agreed to the Quotation price of $473,000 and authorized the listed demolition/disposal, concluded time was not made of the essence, found delays were attributable to the defendant's changes (tiles) and not breach by plaintiff, held the defendant was not lawfully entitled to require faxed identity card copies as a precondition for returning tools and had wrongfully retained tools, dismissed the defendant's counterclaim, and awarded the plaintiff damages totaling $122,478.20 plus interest…