BRIGHTFORD LIMITED v SAM TAT MACHINERY CO. LTD.

Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 29 March 1999.

1. This is an application by the Defendant under Ord.24 r.7 for specific discovery of a surveyor's report or letter as a result of an inspection of the crane on 19th March 1994. What happened was that the Plaintiff supplied a crane to a customer hirer under an agreement dated 24th December 1993 which was guaranteed by the Defendant. The agreement commenced in January 1994 with monthly payment for hire. Trouble started in January and then proceeded in February with the parties in dispute in discu