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Hong Kong Case Law

Rock anchors
  • 20 Sept 2001

    PROSPEROUS TONE LTD. v. PEARL FAME DEVELOPMENT LTD.

    Citation
    PROSPEROUS TONE LTD. v. PEARL FAME DEVELOPMENT LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA2196/2000

    The plaintiff failed to prove that vehicles over 5.5 tonnes would affect the structural stability of the access ramp, caisson and retaining wall; accordingly the injunction claim was dismissed. Because the plaintiff succeeded on discrete heads (restoration of railing, restraint against further damage, and certain monitoring requirements tied to evidence about rock anchor longevity), the court ordered that the defendant pay the plaintiff's costs of those specific heads while generally ordering the plaintiff to pay the defendant's taxed costs of the action, with detailed apportionment and taxat…