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Hong Kong Case Law

Safety regulations
  • 29 May 1985

    LAI MAN v. E MAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.

    Citation
    LAI MAN v. E MAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD.
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA3326/1982

    The court accepted the plaintiff's credible evidence that he was instructed to extract concrete from the hopper and that the safety grille had been removed by others, finding no negligence by the plaintiff; consequently the employer breached its duty to provide a safe system of work and is wholly liable; damages were assessed using accepted multiplicand-multiplier calculations, reduced by prior workmen's compensation, with specified interest and costs order.