SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER

[2024] HKDC 420 District Court 18 March 2024 • DCPI3632/2020 • 59 min read

14 cases cited (0 HK, 14 foreign) Cited by 6 cases

Judges (1)

Counsel (6)

Deacons Firm Legal Aid Department Firm Y.C. Lee Pang & Kwok Firm Alfred Cheng Counsel Plaintiff Francis Chung Counsel Defendant Leon Ho Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

Sinotrans (Hk) Warehousing Limited Defendant World-Class Talent Limited Defendant Sit Kan Tat Plaintiff

Case Significance

SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER [2024] HKDC 420 was decided by the District Court on 18 March 2024. The same parties returned to the District Court in SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER [2024] HKDC 1295, and the dispute was carried to the Court of Appeal in SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER (AND 1 OTHER) [2025] HKCA 539. The judgment was also referenced in other District Court decisions, including IP KIT LEUNG V. CHAN SZE LAM TRADING AS WANG CHUN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY [2025] HKDC 1253, TSOI CHEONG WANG V. NGAI SZE WAI TRADING AS LENGEND DESIGN ENGINEERING COMPANY [2025] HKDC 814, WU TANGLUN V. CK ENGINEERING (HONG KONG) CO LTD AND ANOTHER [2026] HKDC 555 and LEUNG SAU KUEN V. ALLIANCE SECURITY LTD AND ANOTHER [2026] HKDC 640.

Did SIT KAN TAT v WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD [2024] HKDC 420 reach the Court of Appeal?

Yes. Following SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER [2024] HKDC 420 and a further District Court decision at [2024] HKDC 1295, the dispute proceeded to the Court of Appeal in SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER (AND 1 OTHER) [2025] HKCA 539.

Which later District Court cases referenced SIT KAN TAT v WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD [2024] HKDC 420?

It was referenced in IP KIT LEUNG V. CHAN SZE LAM TRADING AS WANG CHUN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY [2025] HKDC 1253 and TSOI CHEONG WANG V. NGAI SZE WAI TRADING AS LENGEND DESIGN ENGINEERING COMPANY [2025] HKDC 814.

Statutes Cited

Occupiers Liability Ordinance

s 3

Cases Cited (14)

UK (7)

[1952] AC 192 [1953] AC 180 [1954] AC 360 [1958] 2 QB 110 [2007] EWCA Civ 1003 [2008] EWCA Civ 646 [2011] EWHC 1506

HK (7)

(2006) 9 HKCFAR 371 (2011) 14 HKCFAR 14 [1996] 2 HKLRD 107 [2002] 3 HKLRD 795 [2020] HKCFI 3010 [2023] 3 HKLRD 629 [2023] HKDC 1542

Cited By (6)

[2026] HKDC 640

LEUNG SAU KUEN V. ALLIANCE SECURITY LTD AND ANOTHER

[2026] HKDC 555

WU TANGLUN V. CK ENGINEERING (HONG KONG) CO LTD AND ANOTHER

[2025] HKDC 1253

IP KIT LEUNG V. CHAN SZE LAM TRADING AS WANG CHUN ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION DEVELOPMENT COMPANY

[2025] HKCA 539

SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD-CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER (and 1 other)

[2025] HKDC 814

TSOI CHEONG WANG V. NGAI SZE WAI TRADING AS LENGEND DESIGN ENGINEERING COMPANY

[2024] HKDC 1295

SIT KAN TAT V. WORLD CLASS TALENT LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 6 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2026] HKDC 640 District Court

10 April 2026

[2025] HKDC 1253 District Court

30 July 2025

[2024] HKDC 1295 District Court

19 August 2024

[2026] HKDC 555 District Court

30 March 2026

[2025] HKCA 539 Court of Appeal

6 June 2025

[2025] HKDC 814 District Court

21 May 2025