5 Feb 1991
HUNG MAN PING v. WING YICK & CO BUILDING CONTRACTOR (a firm) AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HUNG MAN PING v. WING YICK & CO BUILDING CONTRACTOR (a firm) AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA12824/1983
Judge applied objective s.27 knowledge test taking into account plaintiff's youth, lack of English, confusion over employment and payments and found plaintiff did not acquire requisite knowledge of the 2nd and 3rd defendants' potential liability until the 1st defendant served its defence and third party notices on 22 November 1983; accordingly the claims were within the three year period and not time-barred. Alternatively, had the claims been time‑barred, the court would have exercised its s.30 discretion to disapply the time‑bar because the delay was primarily due to solicitor and Legal Aid…