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Topic

Liability for negligent driving

Legal area

Court

19 Oct 2005

CHEUNG HUNG CHAK v. TSANG LAI HONG AND ANOTHER

Citation

CHEUNG HUNG CHAK v. TSANG LAI HONG AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI793/2004

On the balance of probabilities the 1st Defendant did not leave the third lane and the collision was caused entirely by the Plaintiff riding too close to the lane dividing line; the Plaintiff was wholly negligent and the claim is dismissed with judgment for the Defendants.
29 Apr 1982

CHENG MOK KAI AND ANOTHER v. LEE HING CHUEN AND ANOTHER

Citation

CHENG MOK KAI AND ANOTHER v. LEE HING CHUEN AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4989/1979

The court accepted the independent witness and the 1st plaintiff and found the collision was caused solely by the negligence of the 2nd defendant in turning into the path of the oncoming motorcycle; the 1st defendant was found not to be the owner at the time because the vehicle had been handed to the 2nd defendant prior to the accident, so the action against the 1st defendant failed; damages were assessed and awarded to each plaintiff accordingly.