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Topic

Illegality of employment

Legal area

Court

17 Jan 2008

YU NONGXIAN v. NG KA WING AND ANOTHER

Citation

YU NONGXIAN v. NG KA WING AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of Final Appeal
Case number

FAMV64/2007

Leave to appeal refused: Bird v Keep does not decide the admissibility of coroner's inquest witness statements given by hearsay notice; such evidence can be admissible under the hearsay notice scheme, and there is no basis to disturb the Court of Appeal's factual finding or its exercise of the wide s 2(2) discretion.
18 Nov 2005

YEUNG SIN TING EVA v. WONG KIT TING KAREN t/a WONG’S BUILDING CLEANING SERVICE CO

Citation

YEUNG SIN TING EVA v. WONG KIT TING KAREN t/a WONG’S BUILDING CLEANING SERVICE CO
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC693/2002

Although the deceaseds were not lawfully employable under the Immigration Ordinance, their work was lawful in substance; the court exercised its discretion under s.2(2) to treat the contracts as valid, found on the facts that Sze and Leung were employees of Miss Wong (Wong's Building Cleaning Service Company) rather than independent contractors, and ruled that insurer Jerneh was liable under the policy and s.43; statutory compensation was assessed accordingly.