HO YEE YING alias HO YING YING and NG MEI YUK administratrices of the Estate of NG KAM WO deceased v PETER LEUNG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED

Read the full judgment text of HCA 006360/1984 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 16 February 1988.

1. The deceased Mr. Ng Kam Wo, died on 16th April 1982, as a consequence of being electrocuted, when employed by the defendant as an odd job worker, on its construction site at Matauwei Road, Kowloon. The present action is brought by his administratrices for damages under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance, Cap.22 ("FAO") and the Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance, Cap.23 ("LARCO").