Read the full judgment text of HCA 008190/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment.
1. The plaintiff in this matter is the administrator of the estate of Mr. Chau Yip-hong ("the deceased") by virtue of letters of administration granted to him on the 13th May 1983. The deceased died intestate on the 8th January 1981 when he was struck by a piece of falling masonry while working on a construction site at Shatin. It is not in dispute that although the plaintiff was in fact employed at the time by a Mr. Chu Ping-chung, a sub-contractor, the defendant company was the contractor resp