14 Oct 2016
HEUNG WING YAN v. HANGWAY HOUSING MANAGEMENT LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HEUNG WING YAN v. HANGWAY HOUSING MANAGEMENT LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI347/2012
Court found on balance that 2nd defendant (occupier) and 3rd defendant (cleaner) were negligent in mopping the corridor during office hours without adequate signs or safety measures and that 2nd defendant was vicariously liable for 3rd defendant; 1st defendant did not breach any contractual or statutory duty under s6 OSHO as the cleaning practice was not shown to be reasonably foreseeable such that additional measures were required; the wet floor materially contributed to the slip on 8 October 2009 which in turn materially contributed to the later posterior tibial tendon rupture and consequen…