10 Sept 1990
HONG KONG MACAU HYDROFOIL CO LTD v. NG CHUN WAI AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HONG KONG MACAU HYDROFOIL CO LTD v. NG CHUN WAI AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAJ209/1984
The Master erred in rejecting the credible, uncontradicted evidence of the deceased's earnings and saving habits and in treating future earnings and accumulation as speculative; applying established LARCO methodology (deduct only personal expenses, add notional savings, discount for contingencies such as emigration) and adopting multiplier 16 the Court substituted the Master's assessment with an award of $595,716 (inclusive of $30,000 for loss of expectation of life) and remitted interest to be argued.