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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......
By: Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner
Source Url: https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/hk-court-confirms-narrow-scope-of-92518/

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