21 Apr 2011
AMJAD v. WONG YUI CHEONG t/a CHEONG KEE TRANSPORTATION CO
- Citation
- AMJAD v. WONG YUI CHEONG t/a CHEONG KEE TRANSPORTATION CO
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI943/2007
Court found defendant breached duty by instructing plaintiff to continue driving an overloaded LGV and failing to provide a safe system of work; on the balance of probabilities and applying common sense the overloading caused the accident despite lack of expert evidence; prior Employees Compensation judgment estopped defendant from contesting that the accident caused the plaintiff's injuries and incapacity; plaintiff entitled to assessed damages.