Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 002899/2007 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 17 March 2008.
1. The Plaintiff (“P”) delivered to the Defendant’s garage (“D”) in Shek Kong in the New Territories a Mercedes Benz S500 motor car (“the car”) on the 26th September 2006 whereby D contracted with P to spray-paint the car for a fee which P stated to be $3,000 and which has not been in dispute. About 4 days later when P demanded for the return of the car, D stated that the same had been lost. A report was made to the Police. P now claims a sum of $220,000 representing the sale value of the car