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Duty of care of bailee
  • 23 Mar 2007

    GOLD FOUNTAIN KNITTERS LTD v. CONQUEST CO LTD

    Citation
    GOLD FOUNTAIN KNITTERS LTD v. CONQUEST CO LTD
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ2204/2005

    The court awarded the Plaintiff HK$253,170.07 with interest from 12 May 2005 and dismissed the Defendant's set-off and counterclaim because (a) the Defendant failed to establish entitlement to set-off: the Unreturned Goods had not been preserved and the implied bailment had expired making set-off unavailable; (b) the Defendant failed to prove the factual basis and quantum of its counterclaims for copyright breach, late delivery and foreign-object contamination; and (c) evidence of any binding accord and satisfaction or agreement to reduce claims was rejected as unproved or inconsistent.