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Hong Kong Case Law

Accommodation/housing allowance
  • 17 Dec 1975

    FRANCIS ST CLAIR MACKENZIE v. OGILVY & MATHER (HONG KONG) PTE LTD

    Citation
    FRANCIS ST CLAIR MACKENZIE v. OGILVY & MATHER (HONG KONG) PTE LTD
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA699/1975

    No fixed two year term was proved; accommodation was a term of the employment as evidenced by the June 10, 1974 letter and course of conduct so the housing deductions and deposit/solicitors' charges were improper; the contract was for an indefinite period requiring three months reasonable notice; the plaintiff was wrongfully dismissed and entitled to damages calculated on likely return to Australia period with specified offsets; certain unilateral deductions were invalid while the air ticket deduction was held to have been consented to by the plaintiff.