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Lee Ting Sang v Chung Chi-Keung

[1990] 2 AC 374; [1990] UKPC 9; [1990] 2 WLR 1173; [1990] ICR 409; [1990] IRLR 236
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from Hong Kong)
Year1990
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Whether a worker is an employee turns on whether he is performing services as a person in business on his own account, assessed on the economic reality of the whole relationship.

Area of Law

e

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