23 Feb 1991
NG SHIU CHUN AND ANOTHER v. LAI TAK MING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- NG SHIU CHUN AND ANOTHER v. LAI TAK MING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA4506/1984
The proper assessment compares the actual financial loss occasioned to the deceased's estate by his death; because the widow continued the business and received its benefits for a period, the court must quantify the reduction in profit caused by the deceased's absence and apply an appropriate multiplier. Applying that approach the multiplicand was fixed at HKD 1,650 per month and a multiplier of five years was adopted producing HKD 99,000 for lost years; FAO dependency was not established and was dismissed.