19 Dec 2017
PUTAI LTD v. YAU LEE HO AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- PUTAI LTD v. YAU LEE HO AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ2666/2013
On the balance of probabilities the backflow was caused by a towel blocking the external drainage pipe; that blockage was an accident and there was no evidence of improper appointment or negligence by the Owners Incorporation, so the third party is not liable; the waste water back-flowed via the water closet in Flat 2B through a non-waterproof floor slab into Flat 1B causing seepage and damage, and the defendants breached the DMC, statutory duties and committed nuisance and negligence; plaintiff entitled to damages of $64,900 plus interest and costs as ordered.