Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 003573/2000 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 27 February 2001.
2. Miss Yeung, counsel for the Plaintiffs, referred me to copious authorities on the duties of a contractor to perform in a proper workmanlike manner, etc. etc. In the context of this case I do not think the principles are of particular assistance to me. For instance, it is all very well to say that a car salesman has to deliver a car of merchantable quality, but if a plaintiff only contracted to buy and paid for a Spartan Citroen 2CV, he cannot expect to get a Rolls Royce Silver Shadow. As I se