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Hong Kong Case Law

Care costs

  • 24 Apr 2002

    AU WANG CHEONG v. YAN WING-WAI

    Citation
    AU WANG CHEONG v. YAN WING-WAI
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV385/2001

    The Court upheld the Deputy Judge's findings that while the plaintiff likely suffered monocular diplopia, the condition was not of such severity nor was there sufficient evidence linking his academic deterioration to the accident; therefore no award for loss of future earning capacity was justified, and the agreed 37 days' loss of the mother's earnings was sufficient with no proven necessity for her to give up employment thereafter; appeal dismissed.

  • 5 May 1983

    CHAN CHUNG FUN v. TAM LUNG PAU AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    CHAN CHUNG FUN v. TAM LUNG PAU AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA4865/1982

    Court accepted unchallenged medical and lay evidence of complete C6-7 spinal cord transection and 100% permanent disability; applied the 'disaster' starting point and adjusted for inflation and individual circumstances to award general damages of HKD 300,000; applied multiplicand HKD 5,500 and multiplier 14 to future earnings to award HKD 924,000; awarded agreed special damages and proved special heads including attendant costs and wife's losses; applied differing interest rates to general and specified special damages; awarded costs to plaintiff.