5 Feb 2016
JIANG ZHONG v. UP CHEER LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- JIANG ZHONG v. UP CHEER LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCPI2047/2011
The court exercised its discretion under s2(2) ECO in favour of the injured illegal worker, found on balance that Yeung was Jiang's employer and breached his duty to provide a safe system causing the injury, and found Up Cheer was an occupier who failed to take reasonable steps to select and supervise a competent contractor and therefore liable under occupiers' liability; Cheng/Ah Loi were not proven to be employers; adverse inference drawn from failure to call foreman Kwok; damages and statutory compensation assessed accordingly with specified sums and offsets between awards.