Read the full judgment text of CACV 000022/1973 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 11 October 1973.
1. The T.K. Shen Construction Company appeals against an award of $21,600.00 made in the District Court in favour of the dependants of YIP Hon-ching who was an employee of the company and who, together with another employee, died in a landslide which occurred on a site owned and operated by the company during the night of 16th August 1971 when Typhoon Rose passed directly over the Colony. The deceased workmen were in a watchman's hut at the time the disaster struck and this appeal arises out of