In a lawsuit in which people who purchased the Harumi Flag, a for-sale condominium on the site of the former Olympic Village for the Tokyo Olympics, sought compensation for the delay in handover due to the postponement of the Games, the Tokyo High Court in the second instance reversed the judgment of the first trial that rejected the appeal and ordered the trial to be reopened at the Tokyo District Court.
Due to the postponement of the Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games due to the spread of the new corona infection, the delivery of the for-sale condominium "Harumi Flag" using the site of the former Olympic Village has been delayed from March instead of the original schedule.
The 3 buyers had sought compensation from 28 companies, including the seller, for damages caused by the delay in delivery of the condominium, and the Tokyo District Court in the first instance rejected the lawsuit in December last year, saying that it could not determine the liability and damages on the part of the company before the scheduled delivery date.
In the second trial ruling on the 10rd, Tokyo High Court Chief Judge Maki Aizawa pointed out that "at this point, the original delivery time has passed" and that it is possible to determine liability and damages in court.
In addition, with regard to damages until January next year, which are scheduled to be handed over for the new period until January next year, the court reversed the judgment of the first trial that rejected the plaintiffs' lawsuits, stating that "they are limited to foreseeable damages such as housing rent and are permissible as a lawsuit," and ordered that the trial be retried at the Tokyo District Court.