Read the full judgment text of CACV 000189/1998 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 3 December 1998.
1. Leighton Contractors (Asia) Ltd. ("Leighton") were the main contractors engaged to construct the cooling water system at a power station in Tuen Mun. They needed divers to assist with the installation of underwater culverts. Those divers were provided to Leighton by Keliston Marine (Far East) Ltd. ("Keliston"). One of the divers provided to Leighton by Keliston was Mr. Stephen Watchorn. On 16th November 1994, he was injured in an accident which occurred while he was engaged on that work. He l