Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Assessment of dependency and multipliers

Legal area

Court

5 Jun 1990

CHAN YUK YIN AND OTHERS v. CHAN CHEUNG WAN

Citation

CHAN YUK YIN AND OTHERS v. CHAN CHEUNG WAN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA7911/1988

Defendant breached the standard of care and is liable in negligence; deceased not contributorily negligent; estate entitled to funeral expenses and a LARCO award for loss of accumulation of wealth despite no established savings pattern because evidence showed a high probability of future savings after wage increases, and a conservative 10% of post-increase earnings is an appropriate, non-speculative assessment of savings.
9 Jun 1983

CHAN LAI KING AND ANOTHER v. TANG YIU-WING

Citation

CHAN LAI KING AND ANOTHER v. TANG YIU-WING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4337/1982

The defendant was negligent: he drove a heavily loaded lorry down a steep, narrow bend in too high a gear and crossed the center lines, failing to use the exhaust brake; the deceased was not contributorily negligent; damages payable to dependants were assessed under FAO and LARCO with offsets for ECO payments and employer entitled to indemnity and costs under ECO s.25.
9 Jun 1983

SUN SEA MATTRESSES MANUFACTURING CO LTD v. TANG YIU-WING

Citation

SUN SEA MATTRESSES MANUFACTURING CO LTD v. TANG YIU-WING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4446/1982

On the balance of probabilities the defendant was negligent in operating the lorry (excessive speed, wrong gear, failure to use exhaust brake), there was no contributory negligence by the deceased, plaintiffs established pecuniary loss and dependency entitling them to FAO and LARCO awards calculated as set out, and the employer is entitled to indemnity for statutory compensation paid plus costs and interest under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance s25.

Hong Kong Case Law

CHAN YUK YIN AND OTHERS v. CHAN CHEUNG WAN

CHAN LAI KING AND ANOTHER v. TANG YIU-WING

SUN SEA MATTRESSES MANUFACTURING CO LTD v. TANG YIU-WING