3 Jun 1994
LEE HING WAREHOUSE LTD. v. SIU CHI KESUNG COMAN t/a YICK FUNG DYEING & BLEACHING FACTORY
- Citation
- LEE HING WAREHOUSE LTD. v. SIU CHI KESUNG COMAN t/a YICK FUNG DYEING & BLEACHING FACTORY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA8931/1992
Defendant held liable: storing a large volume of water for industrial purposes constituted a non-natural user of land invoking Rylands v. Fletcher; plaintiff did not consent; alternatively res ipsa loquitur applied because defendant offered no satisfactory explanation; damages awarded subject to mitigation adjustment (50% reduction on a claimed US$73,566 portion).