Read the full judgment text of HCA 003893/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 6 March 2008.
1. In 2001, the plaintiff (“Fairlite”) was the buyer and the defendant (“Fosroc”) was the seller of road surfacing materials. Fairlite was the sub-contractor engaged by “Hip Hing” who was the main contractor constructing a new Bus Depot in Chai Wan for its employer, “New World First Bus”. Fairlite therefore entered into a contract of sale with Fosroc for the materials necessary to surface the four floors of the depot and the ramps leading from one floor to the next plus the roof. The total ar