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Topic

Loss of earnings (pre and future)

Legal area

Court

3 May 2018

ALI MEHBOOB v. YUN KWAN CONSTRUCTION ENGINEERING LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 956
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI1370/2014

Court found defendants liable on pleaded causes (employer's duty, occupier's liability and statutory duty), accepted the plaintiff's tested evidence over disputed employer records, awarded PSLA HK$280,000, pre-trial accrued loss including MPF HK$1,842,726, future loss including MPF HK$3,456,844, reduced by Employees' Compensation receipts, totaling judgment HK$5,161,892; no contributory negligence found and appropriate interest and costs ordered.
6 Dec 2010

KAMI LOHAR BAHADUR v. NG YUK TONG t/a YUK TONG AIR CONDITIONING ENGINEERING

Citation

KAMI LOHAR BAHADUR v. NG YUK TONG t/a YUK TONG AIR CONDITIONING ENGINEERING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI466/2009

Master accepted the medical evidence of permanent residual pain and reduced capacity, applied comparable authorities and statistical wage data, fixed PSLA at HKD400,000, calculated pre-assessment loss (HKD645,585) and future loss using a HKD7,200 notional wage with multiplier 11 (HKD1,596,672), awarded HKD80,000 for loss of earning capacity and HKD13,209 special damages, deducted HKD211,413.40 recovered under employees compensation, and awarded interest and costs accordingly producing a net award of HKD2,524,052.60.