Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 000426/2001 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 21 December 2001.
1. In this matter, the defendant seeks to set aside a default judgment dated 21 February this year. The action relates to an agreement in writing dated 10 April 2000 entered into by the parties whereby the defendant was to carry out extensive design and decoration works at the plaintiff's home in Yuen Long. For reasons which do not matter for present purposes, the defendant withdrew from the contract leaving much of the work unfinished. The plaintiff now claims for the costs of completing that w