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Hong Kong Case Law

Battery/assault
  • 5 Jul 2024

    CHANG YUEN SHEUNG 對 LO FUNG

    Citation
    [2024] HKDC 1111
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCPI1568/2018

    On the balance of probabilities the defendant intentionally pushed the plaintiff from behind, constituting a tortious battery; the defendant's prior conviction for common assault is admissible and supports the finding; inconsistencies in the defendant's accounts and the contemporaneous video corroborate the plaintiff's account; causation insofar as the battery occurred is established and plaintiff is entitled to damages, although the quantum is reduced by credibility findings and medical evidence.