YIP KAM, the Representative of the Estate of CHOW MUK TAI (周木帶), deceased v YIP KAM for and on behalf of the dependants of CHOW MUK TAI (周木帶), deceased

Read the full judgment text of HCAJ 31/2008 on BabelCite. This HCAJ judgment was delivered on 4 August 2009.

1. Merchant Shipping (Collision Damage Liability and Salvage) Ordinance (Cap. 508) s. 7(1) provides that no action for damages for loss of life due to a maritime collision may be brought after 2 years.  But s. 7(3) gives the Court a jurisdiction to extend the 2-year limitations “to such extent and on such conditions as it thinks fit”.