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Hong Kong Case Law

Expert opinion

  • 8 Jul 2022

    CHOY SHOK CHUN v. YU HON KEUNG

    Citation
    [2022] HKDC 671
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ5575/2019

    Plaintiff failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that the seepage came from the defendant's 6/F property. Repeated negative dye tests, the seasonal pattern of seepage inconsistent with continuous use of the 6/F bathroom, lack of convincing evidential link via Room A or slab thickness, and unresolved alternative explanations (external wall or higher floors) combined to defeat the plaintiff's case; both experts' competing opinions were not accepted as proving causation.

  • 14 Jun 2017

    HKSAR v. CHOW HEUNG WING,STEPHEN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    HKSAR v. CHOW HEUNG WING,STEPHEN AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCC437/2015

    The court admitted prosecution evidence that CIK was experimental and hospital‑appropriate as relevant; evidence of safe system failures including laboratory setup, procedures, inventory and testing is admissible against D1 and D2 (subject to hearsay rules); evidence against D3 is limited, primarily to failure to ensure viral and bacterial testing prior to infusion; laboratory staff may testify to their knowledge and reasons for non‑participation and experts may give opinions if supported by trial evidence; hearsay exclusions apply to untested utterances (eg Ho Wai Yan) and to exhibit labels…