Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Mpf/provident fund

Legal area

Court

12 Apr 2022

WOO KWOK PING v. THE INCORPORATED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN TRADE ASSOCIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL

Citation

[2022] HKDC 308
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ3296/2020

Having weighed contemporaneous documents, witness credibility and the statutory/regulatory framework, the court found the IMC had sufficient factual basis to justify summary dismissal for grave breaches/gross misconduct by the principal. The court dismissed the plaintiff's claims for unlawful dismissal and breach of ss55-57 Education Ordinance and dismissed IMC's counterclaim for damages; the court upheld that several specific warnings were justified (retirement-age non-compliance, unauthorised HKAA arrangement, non-compliant toilet renovations, Community Care Fund procurement failures, unaut…
2 Jul 2003

OR OI CHEUNG v. SECURICOR HONG KONG LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation

OR OI CHEUNG v. SECURICOR HONG KONG LTD AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI299/2002

The court assessed damages in favour of the plaintiff on a consented judgment and quantified awards: bereavement $150,000; total dependency $440,300.13 (detailed breakdown agreed); funeral expenses allowed $58,012 after deducting the $70,000 expressly earmarked payment and disallowing certain unreceipted items; the $144,000 unearmarked payment was not deducted; a global award of $1,200,000 was made for loss of accumulation of wealth (including pre‑trial loss and MPF/provident fund loss) applying Lam Pak Chiu principles; credit was given to the defendants for the ECC award of $1,186,126.08; in…

Hong Kong Case Law

WOO KWOK PING v. THE INCORPORATED MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OF TSUEN WAN TRADE ASSOCIATION PRIMARY SCHOOL

OR OI CHEUNG v. SECURICOR HONG KONG LTD AND ANOTHER