Read the full judgment text of CACV 000214/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 26 February 1999.
1. This appeal concerns the question whether the 2nd respondent, Hsin Chong Construction Co Ltd Taylor Woodrow International Limited Joint Venture (HCTW), was a "principal contractor" in the construction project involved. It arises in the claim of the applicant/respondent ("Poon") for employee's compensation for personal injury sustained in the course of his employment by the 1st respondent on 5 January 1996. The appeal itself is against the decision of His Honour Judge To given on 6 August 1998