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Ruy Barretto SC has a common law practice with emphasis on accident litigation. This covers industrial accidents, chemicals, waste disposal, electrical installations, complex machinery, ships, industrial processes, construction sites, vehicles, psychiatric injury, medical accidents and medical negligence and their related insurance issues.案件選例
Ruy Barretto SC takes on cases which require attention to technical or medical matters, trials involving much witness evidence and expert evidence, cross-examination and detailed case preparation. He has been involved in important cases on principle and practice such as:Appeal work
Leung Tsang Hung v Lee Wai Yue and the Incorporated Owners of Kwok Wing House CACV 195/2004; [2007] 4 HKLRD 654; (2007) 10 HKCFAR 480
- a leading case on public nuisance, occupiers liability and the Building Management OrdinancePoon Hau Kei v Hsin Chong Construction Co Ltd [2004] 2 HKLRD 442; (2004) 7 HKCFAR 148
- a case on pleading and principle for Personal Injury LitigationTrial work
Lo Siu Wa v Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board [2018] HKCFA 3Alan Deakins v Leung Kwong Wai Humphrey HCPI 617/2007Yeung Lai Ping v Secretary for Justice HCPI 833/2002Tsang Tik Man v Kan Ki Leung, Stephen [2002] 1 HKLRD 29
- a landmark case on traumatic stress and mental cruelty leading to personal injuryKristan Philips v Initial Environmental Services Ltd and 4 others [HKCU] 594
- a leading judgment on pesticide injury, 31st July 1997, Seagroatt J