9 Aug 2007
NG TIM YIP KEVIN v. CHAN HO KIN
- Citation
- NG TIM YIP KEVIN v. CHAN HO KIN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI948/2005
The court held the plaintiff was an employee/apprentice notwithstanding the written service contract (contract not binding on minor as not on the whole beneficial) but found no negligence by the defendant because the defendant had given clear instructions to cut the pipe into manageable sections and the immediate cause of the accident was the plaintiff's failure to follow those instructions; therefore plaintiff's claim dismissed. The court nevertheless evaluated quantum and directed a deduction of HK$145,500 received from the insurer from any assessed award and ordered costs in favour of the…