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Topic

Detention charges

Legal area

Court

16 Sept 2005

VICO ENTERPRISES LTD t/a VICO SHIPPING CO AND ANOTHER v. LEE WOON MING

Citation

VICO ENTERPRISES LTD t/a VICO SHIPPING CO AND ANOTHER v. LEE WOON MING
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ1668/2005

The court applied the indemnity clause to require recovery only of actual loss after accounting for payments and discounts; after deducting prior payments/overpayments and applying the agent’s discounted charges, the plaintiff's recoverable loss was assessed at HK$10,224; interest and costs were awarded accordingly.
29 Aug 2000

TANG PIU HUNG v. YEUNG CHU TANG AND ANOTHER

Citation

TANG PIU HUNG v. YEUNG CHU TANG AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA11477/1999

The judge set aside the master's conditional order, found the defendants' short‑notice breach claim not arguable and rejected the alleged compromise on HWT containers, but held the defendants had an arguable set-off of $105,148 because HWH's obligations to return containers arose before liquidation; accordingly judgment was entered for the plaintiff for $92,052 and defendants were given unconditional leave to defend up to $105,148, with interest and costs orders following the event.