Read the full judgment text of HCA 008120/1981 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 November 1982.
1. The defendants are property developers. In 1980 they were engaged in building a block of flats in La Salle Road, New Kowloon. The architects were Messrs. Hsia and Associates and the Authorised Person for the purposes of clause 4 of Building Ordinance Chapter 123 was Mr. Hsia himself. Plans had been drawn up and approved, but, of course, it is conceded that it remained the responsibility of the architect and ultimately of the defendants to ensure that the work was carried out in compliance wit