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Hong Kong Case Law

Means of escape

  • 5 Mar 2020

    TANG HO HEI v. CHAN PO MEI

    Citation
    [2020] HKCFI 342
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI1114/2014

    The court held that the defendant's placement and permitting of articles in the common staircase from the 5th floor to the roof materially delayed the plaintiff's escape, increased her exposure to very high temperatures (especially near the handrail due to a chimney effect) and thereby materially contributed to her burn injuries; the entire staircase from street to roof constitutes a "means of escape" within s14 Cap 95F irrespective of private ownership of the roof; damages totalling HK$3,142,235.82 were awarded including HK$1,500,000 for PSLA.

  • 16 Oct 1990

    THE QUEEN v. LEE KOU ON

    Citation
    THE QUEEN v. LEE KOU ON
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMA969/1990

    S.9B(2)(a)(ii) is an offence of strict liability as it concerns public safety; 'causes' is to be given a common-sense meaning per Alphacell such that deliberate acts or control producing the result constitute causing; the agreed facts and business registrations permitted the irresistible inference that the appellant, as manager with control of the electronic locking, caused the exit doors to be secured and thus rendered escape materially more difficult, so the application for leave to appeal was dismissed.

  • 28 Jun 1974

    THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. ASIA ELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED

    Citation
    THE ATTORNEY GENERAL v. ASIA ELECTRONICS COMPANY LIMITED
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACC334/1974

    The door and doorway constituting the exit to Flat 2B are part of a 'means of escape in case of fire' within the meaning of reg.31(1); the magistrate erred in relying on the marginal note (prohibited by s.18(3) IGC Ordinance) and in treating the regulation as excluding ordinary egress; appeal allowed and question answered in favour of the prosecution.