11 Feb 2022
HADEN, FRANCIS WILLIAM v. LEIGHTON CONTRACTORS (ASIA) LTD
- Citation
- [2022] HKDC 152
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEO16/2018
On the primary facts the operative cause of termination was the claimant's proven inability to work cooperatively with others and related performance/behaviour issues; the evidence did not establish that race was the real or effective cause of dismissal, so discrimination not proved and claim dismissed.
- Race discrimination
- Causation (but‑for vs causa causans)
- Comparator analysis
- Inference from circumstantial evidence
- Remedies and damages
- Pleadings in eo proceedings