11 May 2012
WONG KAM WAH v. FISHERMEN CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- WONG KAM WAH v. FISHERMEN CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAL96/2011
The Board's decision was quashed because it relied on irrelevant and arbitrary assumptions about fishermen's opportunity costs (two to four man-days at $28/hour) and thus acted unreasonably; the Board failed to address or state cogently the dependency-based rationale or an explicit policy justification for excluding Cheung Chau, rendering the decision irrational and procedurally unfair; matter remitted to the Board for reconsideration.