12 Jan 1990
KWAN CHING TONG HERBERT AND OTHERS v. LUK LAI KAM AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- KWAN CHING TONG HERBERT AND OTHERS v. LUK LAI KAM AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA5325/1988
Psychological injury not awarded because not specially pleaded and lacking psychiatric expert evidence; objective scarring awarded separately ($20,000) in addition to general pain and suffering; Singapore funeral repatriation costs disallowed as unreasonable except items that would have been incurred in Hong Kong; LARCO lost years awarded on deceased's part-time teaching earnings with multiplier (total HK$441,120); FAO dependency for loss of services (chauffeur, maid, tutoring and care) awarded (total HK$372,676) and not set off against LARCO because the services had pecuniary value independe…