Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 005777/2006 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment.
1. The Plaintiff (“P”) was the owner of a rooftop flat. The 2 nd Defendant (“D2”) was the incorporated owners of the building and the 1 st Defendant (“D1”) its building manager. For convenience’s sake, I simply refer to them as “Ds” as there is no dispute that their liability, if any, shall be concurrent. There was water seepage into the ceiling of the bedroom, among other areas, of P’s flat. P said it rendered the flat uninhabitable. P claimed against Ds in a prior civil action. The Court