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Topic

Calculation of average earnings

Legal area

Court

7 Jun 2007

TSEUNG TSAN FAI v. TANG SHUI CHING t/a LUEN HOP

Citation

TSEUNG TSAN FAI v. TANG SHUI CHING t/a LUEN HOP
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC92/2005

The court accepted the unchallenged evidence of the applicant that he worked at least 21 days per month at an average daily wage of HK$600 in the 12 months prior to the accident and applied the statutory formulas under sections 9 and 10 of the Employees Compensation Ordinance to calculate and award compensation, together with interest and costs orders.
29 May 2007

WONG TAI TAI v. TO CHI MING AND ANOTHER

Citation

WONG TAI TAI v. TO CHI MING AND ANOTHER
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC1409/2006

Judge found average monthly earnings at time of accident were $17,000 (sum of $13,000 regular earnings and $4,000 from respondents), applied s6(1)(B) to compute 60 months = $1,020,000, awarded funeral expenses of $33,901 (within the $35,000 cap), ordered total aggregate award of $1,053,901, apportioned 50% of the lump sum to the spouse plus funeral expenses and the remaining 50% equally among three children, and ordered interest and costs as specified.