16 Jul 2010
CHAN SAU CHUN v. WIN CAPTIAL (HK) LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- CHAN SAU CHUN v. WIN CAPTIAL (HK) LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI1178/2002
The canopy collapse was principally caused by severe corrosion and failure to maintain the cantilevered canopy for which the Incorporated Owners (4th defendant) bore primary culpability; contributory causes included long-term storage loading in the unauthorised Hut, recent debris placed by demolition and scaffold diagonal bracing resting on the canopy edge. Balancing causative potency and blameworthiness the court apportioned liability 35% to the 1st defendant and 65% to the 4th defendant and ordered the 1st defendant to contribute 35% of the plaintiffs' costs on the issue of quantum; costs o…