11 Aug 2022
LAI FOR YAU v. GAMMON CONSTRUCTION LTD
- Citation
- [2022] HKDC 858
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI2576/2019
Court accepted plaintiff's contemporaneous evidence and photos, rejected defendant's uncorroborated account and hearsay evidence, found defendant breached common law and statutory duties by failing to provide safe plant or system of work and by instructing employee to work at height without ladder/platform; drew adverse inference for failure to call key witnesses; assessed contributory negligence at 10%; quantified damages and entered judgment for plaintiff for HK$1,206,919 plus interest and costs.