23 Jan 2017
TSANG WAI HUNG v. TRUSTFUL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- TSANG WAI HUNG v. TRUSTFUL ENGINEERING & CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI30/2015
On the balance of probabilities the court found the plaintiffs electrocution resulted from an escape of electricity from a live cable under the control of the defendants; the 1st, 2nd and 3rd defendants were occupiers and contractors who breached common law duties and statutory duties under the CSS Regulations (Regs 38A, 38AA, 47) by permitting a live exposed cable to remain and failing to make it safe; causation was established between the electrocution and the plaintiff's physical and psychiatric injuries; damages were assessed accordingly and awarded against all three defendants.