Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Statutory caps

Legal area

Court

6 Feb 2026

LAW KEE ALICE v. KENYE LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2026] HKCFI 799
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCLA16/2025

Leave to appeal refused because the Labour Tribunal reasonably rejected the defendants' factual case (notably Zhang's evidence) which removed any factual foundation for alleging a duty to disclose; even if a disclosure duty were arguable, the claimant was negotiating her own employment and did not occupy an ad hoc fiduciary position obliging her to act solely for the employer or to disclose basic statutory limits; the tribunal fulfilled its s20(3) investigatory duty and no arguable point of law is established for appellate intervention.
14 Oct 2022

YU XI v. 馮華強 AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2022] HKDC 1115
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC2997/2019

The court accepted the applicant's contemporaneous Form 2 and Notice of Change and payment notes and found average monthly earnings at time of accident to be HK$39,000; applied statutory cap of HK$28,360 for s9 leading to s9 award HK$142,934.40; applied s10 (4/5 of HK$39,000 for 36 months) to award HK$1,123,200; applied s10A and added HK$300/day for specified private items resulting in HK$24,178 for medical expenses; held employer advances including sums earmarked for private medical treatment must be given full credit against assessed compensation; after deducting advances HK$346,041 the net…
29 Sept 2022

LIU XIAOPING v. HUEN HO YIN and HUEN YUEN FAN, the Joint and Several Liquidators of LEUNG SUM KEE ET AL FRAMEWORK, PIPEWORK AND DEMOLISH ENGINEERING LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2022] HKDC 1063
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC2169/2020

Court accepted contemporaneous statements that the deceased earned $1,500 per day and worked 22 days per month, fixing monthly earnings at $33,000 but applying the Sixth Schedule cap of $28,360; applying multiplier 60 produced s6(1) compensation of $1,701,600, funeral expenses capped at $83,700, total award $1,785,300; interest ordered from date of accident and compensation apportioned in accordance with Seventh Schedule paragraph 5 (50% to wife, 25% to each child); costs to be paid by respondents for assessment with taxation if not agreed.

Hong Kong Case Law

LAW KEE ALICE v. KENYE LTD AND ANOTHER

YU XI v. 馮華強 AND ANOTHER

LIU XIAOPING v. HUEN HO YIN and HUEN YUEN FAN, the Joint and Several Liquidators of LEUNG SUM KEE ET AL FRAMEWORK, PIPEWORK AND DEMOLISH ENGINEERING LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER