Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Negligence liability

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Court

21 Jul 2004

PAUL WILLIAM HALLORAN v. TSANG MING SANG AND ANOTHER

Citation

PAUL WILLIAM HALLORAN v. TSANG MING SANG AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI1216/2003

Expert reports were inadmissible because the issues the experts sought to address (in particular speed) could be adequately determined from multiple independent eyewitness accounts and defendant evidence, expert opinion would be unnecessary and risk usurping the court's fact-finding role; therefore leave to adduce the expert evidence was correctly refused and the appeal dismissed.
26 Mar 2001

TAM KING CHIU v. HON MING KUEN

Citation

TAM KING CHIU v. HON MING KUEN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCPI1458/1999

Defendant was liable in negligence for electing to overtake a stationary PLB by crossing double white lines and failing to take special care; plaintiff was contributorily negligent to the extent of 25% for crossing hurriedly without adequately looking; damages assessed on the facts with multiplier 7 for future loss, but final award deferred pending resolution of CSSA recovery.
5 Jun 1990

CHAN YUK YIN AND OTHERS v. CHAN CHEUNG WAN

Citation

CHAN YUK YIN AND OTHERS v. CHAN CHEUNG WAN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA7911/1988

Defendant breached the standard of care and is liable in negligence; deceased not contributorily negligent; estate entitled to funeral expenses and a LARCO award for loss of accumulation of wealth despite no established savings pattern because evidence showed a high probability of future savings after wage increases, and a conservative 10% of post-increase earnings is an appropriate, non-speculative assessment of savings.
16 Jun 1978

LAM NAI YAN AND OTHERS v. LEE SHU CHOI AND ANTOHER

Citation

LAM NAI YAN AND OTHERS v. LEE SHU CHOI AND ANTOHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA915/1978

Liability being established, the court quantified damages: general dependency loss assessed at $1,600 per month (multiplicand) with a multiplier of 9 producing general damages of $172,800; special damages for the deceased of $15,450; loss of expectation of life $10,000 (to merge with Fatal Accidents award); apportionment of general damages 80% to husband, 10% and 8% to two infant sons and 2% to mother; interest on special damages at 4% per annum from date of accident to hearing; for the injured plaintiff general damages $2,000 and special damages $10,519.40 with interest and costs to plaintif…

Hong Kong Case Law

PAUL WILLIAM HALLORAN v. TSANG MING SANG AND ANOTHER

TAM KING CHIU v. HON MING KUEN

CHAN YUK YIN AND OTHERS v. CHAN CHEUNG WAN

LAM NAI YAN AND OTHERS v. LEE SHU CHOI AND ANTOHER