Read the full judgment text of CACV 000160/1989 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 March 1990.
1. This is an appeal from the decision of Judge C.B. Chan striking out an application brought by a Mr. Yiu Hon Ming under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance, Cap. 282. On the 19th October, 1984 Mr. Yiu entered into an Employment Contract as a marine engineer with Coastal Shipping Company Pty., Ltd. ("the Company") of Rabaul in Papua New Guinea. The Company was represented in the transaction by its agent then here. Within one month of that agreement, on the 16th November, Mr. Yiu suffered inju