9 Sept 2024
Not specified in the provided excerpt.
29 Aug 2022
The court found on the balance of probabilities that Plaintiff completed the works as certified by the architect appointed by Defendant, Defendant failed to give timely or corroborated notice of defects within the defect liability period and did not dispute the sum owing, therefore Defendant breached the contract and is liable to pay the outstanding sum of RM124,615.25 together with costs and statutory interest.
18 Sept 2020
Although the QS admitted he did not rationalise rates, the failure was inconsequential because the valuation did not involve items with material quantity changes and any front-loading would have been beneficial to the contractor; the respondent's counterclaim was substantiated by photographs, consultant instructions and a quotation but unrelated items in the quotation were disallowed, leading the High Court to reduce the rectification award from RM124,000.00 to RM86,000.00 and otherwise uphold the Sessions Court judgment.