Hong Kong Leading Case employee statusindependent contractortwo stage test

Poon Chau Nam v Yim Siu Cheung (t/a Yat Cheung Air-Conditioning & Electric Co)

(2007) 10 HKCFAR 156

JurisdictionHong Kong

CourtCourt of Final Appeal (HKSAR)

Year2007

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Whether a worker is an employee (so that vicarious / employer's liability arises) is decided by an overall evaluative-impressionistic assessment of all the indicia of employment, not a single decisive test.

Area of Law

Tort & Negligence

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