20 Oct 1980
LI TING CHUN AND ANOTHER v. LI TING FAI
- Citation
- LI TING CHUN AND ANOTHER v. LI TING FAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA1257/1980
On the balance of probabilities the court accepted the registration certificate and other evidence that Li Ting Fai owned and in all likelihood drove BM1093, found the 1st plaintiff was a passenger injured by negligent driving of BM1093, held the defendants liable in negligence, admitted the late-tendered registration certificate under Regulation 8(2) and the Evidence Ordinance to prevent concealment of truth, and assessed damages using established tariff concepts and chosen multipliers (15 for future care, 12 for future earnings) producing a total award of $698,800 HKD with specified interes…