11 Aug 1979
TSE WONG HING v. HAK KAN NAVIGATION CO, SA
- Citation
- TSE WONG HING v. HAK KAN NAVIGATION CO, SA
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAJ25/1978
Court accepted the plaintiff's factual findings on salary and dependency, adopted the Cookson v. Knowles methodology, applied a multiplier of 10 to the mean dependency figure of HK$2,100 to compute future and past losses, assessed HK$307,170 under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance (with a HK$10,000 conventional award to merge), apportioned 75% of the award to certain principal dependants with remaining 25% shared between two younger dependants at 60/40, ordered payment directions, awarded interest at 9% from 21 February 1978 to judgment and granted costs to the plaintiff with counsel's certificat…