Architectural firms, contractors, ordered to pay damages

Architects England and Borg Costanzi and the firm England & England have been ordered by a Court to pay Hubbalit Developments Ltd €93,600 in damages for a poorly constructed building while Gatt Bros (Malta) Ltd were ordered to pay damages of €40,114.  The firms also have to pay interest on these sums from February 1992, the date the court case was filed. Brian and Maurice Mizzi on behalf of Hubbalit Developments Ltd, had filed a writ against architects Richard England and Albert Borg Constanzi,  England & England and Gatt Bros (Malta) Limited. The court heard that the architects and the contractor had been asked to design and construct a block of flats known as "Festaval Apartments" in the Red Tower Tourist Village at Mellieha Bay.  The block was made up of a number of flats, a Club House, Caretakers Quarters, a pool and common areas. According to Hubbalit, it was obvious that the block had been poorly constructed and defects in its construction were immediately apparent. They requested the court to condemn defendants to make good the damages they had suffered. The architects, the firm and the contractor all pleaded that they were not responsible towards Hubbalit.   England &...