7 Feb 2013
CHAN PAK TING v. CHAN CHI KUEN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CHAN PAK TING v. CHAN CHI KUEN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI235/2011
Cookson v Knowles assumption of a 4.5% net real return is no longer valid in Hong Kong. The court set differentiated discount rates by duration based on reasonable investment portfolios and recent historical performance: -0.5% for plaintiffs with future needs up to 5 years; 1% for needs up to 10 years; 2.5% for needs exceeding 10 years. Management fees should be deducted where the chosen portfolio requires active management; wage-price differentials in Hong Kong are insufficiently large to justify separate earnings and non-earnings rates at present. The appropriate portfolio mixes and histori…