24 Oct 2023
LAM CHEUK WAI v. HUNG MAN CONSTRUCTION CO LTD
- Citation
- [2023] HKDC 1500
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC2447/2019
The court found the applicant was an employee of the respondent because the respondent exercised significant control over work location and procedures, paid wages monthly on a daily-rate basis, provided tools and materials, and the applicant did not assume financial risk or profit; semantic variations in naming the employer did not negate that employment; the accident as described by the applicant occurred in the course of employment and the respondent's contrary A&E record was adequately explained by emergency conditions; adverse inference was drawn from respondent's failure to call the dire…