JUDGMENT

Gopal Sri Ram JCA:

[1] This is the judgment of the court.

[2] There are ten appeals before us today. They all give rise to common issues. In four of them there are cross appeals. We have heard a single argument from either side in all the appeals as well as the cross appeals. The relevant facts are as follows.

[3] The appellant is a housing developer. Its activities are controlled and regulated by the Housing Development (Control and Licensing) Act 1966 ("the Act") and the Regulations made thereunder. From about 1995 to about 1997 the appellant entered into a number of agreements including those which are the subject matter of these appeals with members of the public to sell to them apartments in a condominium which the appellant had agreed to construct. Later, it transpired that the appellant was unable to make delivery of the apartments to the respondent in the ten appeals now before us. These respondents then brought actions to recover damages for delay of delivery of vacant possession of each of their apartments. In all these cases concerned, the High Court which heard the cases found for the respondents on the issue of liability. However in four of the suits the High