1 Nov 2017
MULTIPLE SURVEYORS LTD v. MULTIPLE SURVEYORS & CONSULTANTS LTD
- Citation
- MULTIPLE SURVEYORS LTD v. MULTIPLE SURVEYORS & CONSULTANTS LTD
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ1596/2015
The court held the plaintiff breached the retainer contracts by making the admitted omissions and by failing to mark electricity sub‑stations (transformer rooms) which fall within the plain meaning and purpose of section 6(4)(t) of Schedule 1 to the RPO; breaches were not repudiatory and did not forfeit the entire contractual price; under remoteness and assumption‑of‑responsibility principles the defendant was entitled to recover foreseeable remedial costs for re‑checking and rectifying the location plans, assessed at HK$410,250; plaintiff entitled to the remaining contractual sums for other…