8 Nov 2011
HO FOON CHEUNG v. SHUN YIP ENGINEERING CO LTD
- Citation
- HO FOON CHEUNG v. SHUN YIP ENGINEERING CO LTD
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV33/2011
The Court of Appeal held that the employer breached its duty by failing to warn or instruct the employee not to cross the rooftop pipes by stepping on them and that absence of training or warning was sufficient to ground liability because a reasonably careful employer should have foreseen the specific hazard and provided a safe system or instruction.