25 Jan 1999
LAM PAK HAY v. MANFELD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- LAM PAK HAY v. MANFELD BUILDING CONTRACTORS LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI519/1997
The court rejected the plaintiff's higher daily wage figure as unsupported, accepted the defence witness's evidence on working days but applied a 10% annual notional increase to the deceased's known wage to arrive at a notional daily income of HKD769 and monthly HKD17303; applied an overall multiplier of 12 to assess post-trial dependency; assessed and aggregated FAO and LARCO heads, reduced the subtotal by 30% for agreed apportionment and directed that the employees' compensation payment of HKD530000 be apportioned to the LARCO claim with parties to supply interest on that payment within 14…