Sunil and Samaira are t',vo expatriates who have been living in Singapore for a number of yean Thev lived m a mall rented apartment in the central busineE digtrict, but they uhshed to move to a new home with more open and greenery. Thev found z potential home in the northern part of Singapore with a nice gazden and at an affordable rental price, They met with the house owner, Hany on I April for a viewing. Sunil asked Hany, "Your house a old I am 0K with the look However, I am concerned about the piping and drain: 'n the hou:e. We had a terrible expenence in our apartment when the were blocked and the whole apartment had flooded" Harry replied, you WII,' a house. I have lived in house for a long and there never any with the chainage " Sunil and Samaira also requested that Harry arrange for a working Internet access with high- speed fibre broadband capabilities. Sunil explained to Hany that Samaua was a trader who traded on the international markets and 'he needed a tellable Internet connection to trade on the London and New York Stock Exchanges at all hours of the day. The next day. Sunil and Samaira 'igned a lease contract with Harry (as the landlord) for one year, and the leue contract expressly contained a provision. under the section labelled au "Warranties", as follows: Clau:e 15: The rental price Include: the cut: ofall unlitie: including high. speed and rellable Internet access which 'hall be arranged by the Landlord ' Sunil and Samaira did not know the legal significance ofthe word "Warranties", but signed the contract any,vay as they were happy that the contract included their requirement for high-speed and reliable Internet acces5. When the couple moved in, they found that the Intemet connection in the house was poor. Upon further invetigation, they discovered that had contracted for the cheapest broadband plan With a relatuely unknown third pa.ty *Nice provider, This resulted in unsatisfactory connections to the Internet and Samaira not able to perform her trading job well.