Read the full judgment text of HCMA 000430/2002 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 September 2002.
1. This is an appeal against the decision of Mr Ken Ng Kin-man sitting at Kwun Tong Magistrates Court when, having acquitted the Appellant of a charge of being the contractor responsible for a construction site, it had failed to take adequate steps to prevent a person on the site from falling from a height of 2 metres or more, contrary to Regulation 38B(1), 68(1)(a) and 68(2)(g) of the Construction Sites (Safety) Regulations, he refused to award the Appellant the costs of its defence.