Abstract | Concurrency has been the subject of judicial consideration in certain recent decisions of the House of Lords. It will here be demonstrated that the judicial pendulum has now swung decidedly and irrevocably in favour of concurrent liability, a fact that Hong Kong litigants must now take into account in planning litigation strategy and, equally importantly, in arranging their commerical activities and placing their insurance cover. Before undertaking an analysis of these recent decisions, the implications of a concurrency rule in Hong Kong will be sketched. |
---|