28 Nov 2024
陳詠琴 對 第一流行鋼琴教室有限公司
- Citation
- [2024] HKDC 2046
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEO3/2024
Default judgment having been entered for claimant, the court assessed damages at HK$95,000 for injury to feelings and HK$48,000 for loss of earnings (three months' salary). The court adjusted Vento bands by converting 2002 GBP to HKD using the 2002 exchange rate and then applying Hong Kong CPI inflation to 2024. The discriminatory act was a single but serious incident proximate to notification of disability; conduct of respondent in litigating without defence and failing to apologise constituted special circumstances justifying an order for costs. Interest rates and calculation periods were s…