11 Nov 2002
TO WEI KEI v. VICKCORE ENGINEERING LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- TO WEI KEI v. VICKCORE ENGINEERING LTD. AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI290/2000
The court found on the balance of probabilities that the deceased was an employee of the 1st defendant and that the 1st defendant owned and provided the welding equipment but failed to provide proper secure storage and maintenance; the 2nd defendant as principal contractor owed a non-delegable high duty to ensure safety in dangerous operations and failed to ensure care was taken; there was no contributory negligence by the deceased, therefore both defendants were liable for negligence and damages were assessed accordingly.