26 Nov 1982
TANG SUK YEE AND OTHERS v. WONG YUK CHAU AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- TANG SUK YEE AND OTHERS v. WONG YUK CHAU AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA8222/1981
Apply the House of Lords formula from Gammell v Wilson to calculate net income available to save after living costs; accept a joint multiplier of 8 for the deceased couple; include civil service pension and daughter's contribution despite initial omission from pleadings where particulars became available; deduct assessed outgoings; award lost years, loss of expectation of life and funeral expenses with specified interest and costs order.