Read the full judgment text of CACC 000117/2002 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 26 November 2003.
1. 3M (Hong Kong) Limited ("3M") is a company, with headquarters in the USA, that supplies products to the building industry, in particular waterproofing, firestopping materials and window films. The application of these products to building works was not the function of 3M. Rather, the work itself was carried out by companies approved and trained by 3M, called applicators. The products which 3M supplied were used, if chosen after competitive tenders, in projects carried out by the Housing Autho