20 Jun 1986
LEUNG HEI v. CHAN DAI SHING
- Citation
- LEUNG HEI v. CHAN DAI SHING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1711/1985
Defendant was negligent in failing to provide a safe system and adequate supervision; plaintiff was 50% contributorily negligent for undertaking an unsafe shortcut he knew to be dangerous; plaintiff's age was found to be 53 on the balance of admissible hearsay and surrounding evidence; damages were assessed and aggregated, reduced by 50% for contributory negligence, set-off made for payments under the Employees Compensation Ordinance, and specified interest and costs directions were ordered.