22 Jul 2021
DAI JIANQIANG 對 LAU YIU BUN (劉耀斌) t/a WING LEE DOR LAU’S ENGINEERING CO 及另二人
- Citation
- [2021] HKDC 883
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC1104/2017
Court found on balance that second respondent exercised the requisite control and performed recruitment/registration via its site supervisor and was therefore the applicant's employer; third respondent was the principal contractor who subcontracted the works to second respondent and is therefore jointly and severally liable under s24; first respondent was only an introducer and not the employer; compensation was assessed at HKD 674,584 plus interest and costs awarded against second and third respondents.