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Hong Kong Case Law

Credibility and dishonesty

  • 7 Jul 2022

    FAISAL v. OCEAN PARK CORPORATION

    Citation
    [2022] HKDC 313
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCPI961/2019

    The court rejected the plaintiff's credibility and the plaintiff's expert opinion as unreliable and cherry-picked; accepted the defendant's expert that objective investigations showed no fracture and only pre-existing mild degeneration and a soft tissue neck injury with minimal residual pain; reduced PSLA to HK$25,000 (further reduced by 50% for overlap with a prior award), refused any award for loss of earnings or earning capacity, allowed limited medical, travel and tonic expenses totalling HK$10,770, awarded a total of HK$35,770 plus interest and made a costs order nisi and directed referr…

  • 18 May 2006

    MO HEE YUK v. GAMMON SKANSKA LTD AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    MO HEE YUK v. GAMMON SKANSKA LTD AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI502/2004

    The court accepted that the plaintiff suffered post-concussional symptoms warranting damages but rejected the asserted permanent left upper limb weakness and a phobic inability to work in construction on the basis of objective medical evidence, lack of neurological signs, surveillance showing normal use of the left limb and undisclosed successful full-time formwork training; credibility findings led to reduced weight on psychiatric permanence; awards were made for PSLA, past loss, loss of earning capacity and future medical care with deduction of employees' compensation and interest and costs…