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Hong Kong Case Law

Date of breach
  • 15 Jun 1981

    NG TAI KEE TRADING CO LTD v. WAI HING & CO (A FIRM)

    Citation
    NG TAI KEE TRADING CO LTD v. WAI HING & CO (A FIRM)
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCL7/1980

    The court rejected the claimant's claim for consequential profits as too remote and speculative and not in the parties' contemplation or established by evidence; instead damages were measured at the date of breach (20 November 1978) by reference to the market substitute (used ship plates adjusted 5%), producing a net award of US$169,495.01 (HK$813,576.04) with interest and costs.