3 Dec 2008
CHAN LAI YING AND OTHERS v. LEE LIM AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CHAN LAI YING AND OTHERS v. LEE LIM AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1413/2005
The court held that the purchaser Ms Lee could claim indemnity as agent for MHAL under the express indemnity clauses; specific warranties were construed against the plaintiffs and several breaches were established where proved on the balance of probabilities (failure to deliver land/building certificates, failure to provide certain after-sale service costs, statutory employee payments on termination, shortage of tax-free raw materials, shortfall in raw-material stock, and excessive accounts payable). The court rejected unpleaded defences (common mistake, implied terms) and insufficiently evid…