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Hong Kong Case Law

Storage liability
  • 26 Jun 1996

    RUDICK INTERNATIONAL LTD v. HOIDA INDUSTRIAL CO LTD

    Citation
    RUDICK INTERNATIONAL LTD v. HOIDA INDUSTRIAL CO LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCL172/1994

    The court held the Defendant had assumed responsibility to keep the materials and goods for the Plaintiff but was only obliged to make them available for collection and not to provide the inventory details or to deliver; the alleged promise of 31 March 1994 lacked consideration and was not a binding contract; consequential loss claimed (US$71,333.32) was too remote because no replacement order was in contemplation when the original order was cancelled; Plaintiff proved missing and defective items and was entitled to HK$65,944.74; Defendant failed to prove its counterclaim for storage charges.