Read the full judgment text of CACV 000033/1993 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 23 November 1993.
1. The defendant, Slipform Engineering Ltd., is part of the Hopewell Group of companies and was, in early 1990, involved in the Navotas power plant project in Manila, Philippines. By a contract dated 8 February 1990 the plaintiff, Waterman Inc., was engaged by the defendant as transportation contractor to handle the loading, unloading and installation of three electrical generators at the Navotas power plant. This involved the shipment of heavy moving equipment from the United States to the Phil