DRAGAGES ET TRAVAUX PUBLICS (HK) LIMITED and PENTA-OCEAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LIMITED t/a "DRAGAGES - PENTA JOINT VENTURE" v (1) R J WALLACE (sued on behalf of themselves and on behalf of all members of Lloyd's Syndicate 386 formerly Lloyd's Syndicate 683) subscribing to the MTRC Third Party Liability Insurance Police No. 576/T75387W dated 9th June 1995)

Read the full judgment text of HCMP 006577/2001 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 February 2004.

1. This is an insurance claim. The underlying facts giving rise to the claim for indemnity are straightforward yet tragic. On 6 June 1996, six workmen taking part in the construction of a bridge which crossed the Rambler Channel fell to their death, when a temporary platform on which they were standing collapsed and fell to the ground. The construction work in question was part of a project of which the Plaintiffs, a joint venture, were the principal contractor under a main contract with the Mas

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