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Topic

Industrial injury

Legal area

Court

12 Nov 2009

SINGH CHAMKAUR v. RICHARD ETHAN LATKER t/a SINO-INDIAN ENTERPRISES

Citation

SINGH CHAMKAUR v. RICHARD ETHAN LATKER t/a SINO-INDIAN ENTERPRISES
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC796/2007

The judge accepted the applicant's account as consistent with contemporaneous hospital records and medical findings, rejected the respondent's contradictory witness accounts as unreliable, and therefore held the injury occurred in the course of employment and awarded compensation under the Employee Compensation Ordinance.
8 Aug 2001

CHAO YUAN CHIAO v. REGAL HOTELS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND ANOTHER

Citation

CHAO YUAN CHIAO v. REGAL HOTELS INTERNATIONAL LTD. AND ANOTHER
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC593/2000

Judge accepted Applicant's credibility over Respondents' witnesses, found the Applicant sustained a workplace trauma on 25 September 1998; statutory presumption under s5(4) was not rebutted; the workplace incident materially contributed to permanent incapacity notwithstanding pre-existing conditions (thin skull rule); loss of earning capacity assessed at 55%; award granted under sections 9,10 and 10A.