14 May 1996
CHEUNG YEE MONG EDMOND v. SO KWOK YAN, BERNARD t/a GLORIA ENGLISH SCHOOL and Another
- Citation
- CHEUNG YEE MONG EDMOND v. SO KWOK YAN, BERNARD t/a GLORIA ENGLISH SCHOOL and Another
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI574/1995
The court found on the balance of probabilities that the teacher's physical contact was a brief, reasonable corrective act, not an assault, battery or negligent act; the pupil's injury was caused by his own voluntary movements; consequently the defendants were not liable and causation of long-term psychiatric disorder was not established as attributable to the teacher's conduct.