4 Jul 2000
CHAN KING WAN AND OTHERS v. HONEST SCAFFOLD GENERAL CONTRACTOR CO. LTD.
- Citation
- CHAN KING WAN AND OTHERS v. HONEST SCAFFOLD GENERAL CONTRACTOR CO. LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI1269/1996
The court accepted the plaintiffs' evidence that wages, dividends and reimbursements paid to the deceased formed part of their income, applied the percentage method for dependency valuation per Seagroatt/Tsang, adopted multipliers of 10 and 15 for the respective deceased based on working life evidence, awarded loss of accumulation because of an established savings pattern, allowed loss of services to children but not spouses, disallowed probate/legal costs under LARCO s20(2)(b)(i), and reduced awards by 40% for contributory negligence resulting in judgments against the 2nd defendant for speci…