20 Sept 2000
Wong Hiu Shan v. Dragages et Travaux Publics and Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.
- Citation
- Wong Hiu Shan v. Dragages et Travaux Publics and Penta-Ocean Construction Co. Ltd.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI598/1999
On the totality of the evidence the court found the deceased's basic wage was $800 per day; allowing for regular overtime the court fixed probable earnings at $26,600 per month at date of death and a notional assessment income of $30,524 at date of assessment (14.75% uplift). The court accepted the widow's detailed household expense figures and allowed them, calculated dependency percentages (52% immediate family, 5.6% parents, 2.3% parents-in-law), applied multipliers (15 for deceased and widow, 13 for children, 6 for parents/parents-in-law), awarded loss of accumulation of wealth using plai…