CHU LIN, mother and administratrix of the estate of POON WING HUNG deceased v SO CHI KEUNG trading as YAU HOP BAMBOO SCAFFOLDING CONTRACTORS

Read the full judgment text of HCA 003058/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 28 October 1985.

1. The 17th June 1981 was a day without any strong wind. At about 4:20 in the afternoon, on the roof of a 12-storeyed building at No. 4 Ho Tin Street, Tuen Mun, the Hoi Industrial Building a tower under construction, with a base of 2.1M (7') x 2.4M (8') then reaching 18.2M (60'), toppled over the edge of the roof parapet wall down to the ground. some 46.5M (153½') below. Three workmen came down with the partially completed bamboo tower and fell to their death