27 Jun 2003
SANFIELD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD v. LI KAI CHEONG
- Citation
- SANFIELD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD v. LI KAI CHEONG
- Court
- Court of Final Appeal
- Case number
- FACV16/2002
Where an accident of unknown cause would not ordinarily occur without negligence, res ipsa loquitur permits the court to infer negligence against persons in control unless an acceptable explanation is offered; a defendant cannot defeat that inference by pointing to an unspecified, discoverable defect; concurrent factual findings stand absent special circumstances; the appellant failed to rebut the inference and the appeal (liability and costs) is dismissed.