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Hong Kong Case Law

Supervision of animals
  • 21 Oct 2011

    CHIANG KI CHUN IAN v. LI YIN SZE

    Citation
    CHIANG KI CHUN IAN v. LI YIN SZE
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV26/2011

    Given the continuous, prolonged play by a group of excited young children while the dog was restrained on a leash, a reasonable person would have foreseen a real risk that the dog could become over‑excited or misinterpret a child's acts and bite; the defendant was negligent in failing to ensure periodic supervision or to move the dog beyond the children’s reach and was vicariously liable for her domestic helpers' failure to supervise.