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Topic

Statute‑bar/time limitation

Legal area

Court

15 Sept 2017

YUNG YUI KWAI AND ANOTHER v. YUNG WOON KWAI AND OTHERS

Citation

YUNG YUI KWAI AND ANOTHER v. YUNG WOON KWAI AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2551/2015

The court dismissed the pre-trial valuation applications as unnecessary and likely to incur disproportionate cost where disclosure deficiencies and commercial judgment weigh against an early valuation; the court refused amendments because the pleaded accounting complaints were time-barred or insufficiently demonstrate unfairness given audited accounts signed by the claimant and the directors' fiduciary duties to the company.
16 Apr 1988

LAO KUAI FONG v. SO CHI KEUNG t/a YAU HOP BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS

Citation

LAO KUAI FONG v. SO CHI KEUNG t/a YAU HOP BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA3575/1984

Defendant breached the duty of care by failing to ensure lateral wiring/anchorage, failing to provide proper tools/equipment and proper supervision, and by using unequal main base standards; these failures made the partially erected free‑standing tower unsafe and caused the collapse. Liability is apportioned 70% to the defendant and 30% to the deceased skilled scaffolder (Fung); third party claims were statute‑barred; specific damages were awarded to the respective estates with reduction for contributory negligence where apportioned.