22 Nov 2018
匯澤綠色資源有限公司 對 李典六
- Citation
- [2018] HKDC 1421
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ2309/2015
Defendant materially breached the construction contract by proposing and using a material and method that were not reasonably fit for outdoor terrace waterproofing, causing the contract to fail its fundamental purpose; plaintiff entitled to damages measured by reasonable cost consequences of that breach (including sums paid, reasonable dismantling costs and modest compensation for inconvenience), and defendant's claims for extra works and lost tools fail for lack of evidence or because the works had no value in the context of the required remedial works.