09Oct
HK Court confirms narrow scope of defence available to proprietors under the Factories and Industrial Undertakings Ordinance
In HKSAR v Gammon Construction Limited (HCMA 97/2019) [2020] HKCA 752 (Date of Judgment: 7 September 2020), the Hong Kong Court of Appeal (the “Court”) dismissed a magistracy appeal against the conviction of a principal contractor (the “appellant”) involved in a fatal industrial accident. In this judgment, the Court held that......
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Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
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