Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Credibility and witness reliability

Legal area

Court

15 Nov 2019

LAI SIN YAN ELSIE v. TATA COMMUNICATIONS (HONG KONG) LTD

Citation

[2019] HKCFI 2815
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI1092/2015

Court found plaintiff suffered a single minor fall from atop a colleague leading to superficial contusion; Verma and Playlor were not negligent given the low foreseeable risk and practicable precautions; Tata HK discharged its non-delegable duty by engaging competent instructors and is not vicariously liable; plaintiff exaggerated symptoms and psychiatric injury and therefore claim is dismissed.
1 Jun 2007

NG SIU TUNG AND OTHERS v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION

Citation

NG SIU TUNG AND OTHERS v. DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL81/1999

On the evidence the applicant likely made an oral claim for right of abode at the reception counter; the Director has no record of any claim; the absence of a record was not caused by oppressive conduct or intimidation by any person in authority and no estoppel arises to prevent the Director denying a record.
14 Oct 1980

KWONG FU v. THE QUEEN

Citation

KWONG FU v. THE QUEEN
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACC687/1980

The magistrate's acceptance of corroborated police testimony on discovery of drugs, arrest and resistance was entitled to deference; peripheral discrepancies and medical evidence of abrasions did not undermine the safety of the convictions, so the appeal must be dismissed.