30 Apr 2005
LAM KA LOK LOUIS v. SWIRE PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT LTD
- Citation
- LAM KA LOK LOUIS v. SWIRE PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI914/2003
Although the court accepted the plaintiff's account of how the injury occurred, the plaintiff failed to prove negligence or breach of statutory duty because the defendant had a reasonable system of daily engineer inspections, there was no evidence the defendant knew or ought to have known of the jammed door, the task (removing a half full 15 litre bucket weighing about 16–17 lbs) was not hazardous, the plaintiff had reasonable alternatives (wait for engineers or obtain coworker assistance), and the risk of serious injury in the described manner was not foreseeable to the defendant.