26 Apr 2012
WONG CHANSAMUT v. HUI CHING LUK AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- WONG CHANSAMUT v. HUI CHING LUK AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI431/2010
The Temple, as owner and occupier, breached the non-delegable statutory duty under s3(4)(b) OLO by failing to take reasonable steps to ensure the competence of the contractor and that demolition work would be carried out safely; the Deceased was an employee of Hui; there was no contributory negligence by the Deceased; plaintiff entitled to damages assessed at HKD 443,260 (after credit for EC compensation).