3 Jul 1985
WONG WAI HAN AND OTHERS v. KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO (1933) LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- WONG WAI HAN AND OTHERS v. KOWLOON MOTOR BUS CO (1933) LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA8272/1983
The court held that the correct method for assessing LARCO damages is the free balance approach: determine the deceased's net income during lost years, deduct personal expenditure and an apportioned share of joint family expenditure, apply appropriate multipliers for future earnings and pensions, and calculate tax; applying that method the plaintiffs were entitled to judgment. The defendants' alternative dependency+10% method and suggested annual adjustments for changed family contributions were rejected.