16 Apr 1988
LAM FONG v. SO CHI KEUNG t/a YAU HOP BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS
- Citation
- LAM FONG v. SO CHI KEUNG t/a YAU HOP BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTORS AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA3693/1984
The defendant was negligent in failing to provide proper and equal main standards, failing to ensure lateral wiring/anchorage and failing to provide necessary tools and supervision; that negligence made the partially erected freestanding tower unsafe and caused the deaths. Apportionment of blame was 70% to the defendant and 30% to the deceased scaffolder Fung. Third party proceedings were statute‑barred under the cited limitation provision.