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Protective clothing practicality
  • 15 May 2020

    MARK LAREN RIVETT v. TREVI CONSTRUCTION CO LTD

    Citation
    [2020] HKDC 317
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCEC686/2017

    The court held that the practicality of wearing the recommended protective clothing is relevant and necessary to determine the applicant's loss of earning capacity; expert evidence is permitted to resolve that specialised question and the parties were ordered to propose a joint expert or the applicant to file further evidence establishing Professor Chan's specific suitability to opine on protective clothing in Hong Kong construction conditions. The respondent's argument that the allergy was a purely personal condition unconnected to employment was rejected by reference to ECO and the presumpt…