12 Oct 2009
WAAN CHUEN MING v. LO KIN NAM t/a KAR KIN ENGINEERING & SUPPLIER CO AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- WAAN CHUEN MING v. LO KIN NAM t/a KAR KIN ENGINEERING & SUPPLIER CO AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV281/2008
Majority held the 2nd defendant owed a duty of care because it supplied the equipment and participated in an unsafe system; applying the Spring v Guardian test (foreseeability, proximity and justice and reasonableness) established liability independent of any employer–contractor relationship; accordingly the application for leave to appeal was dismissed.