Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Interest on awards

Legal area

Court

13 May 2026

CHEUNG NGAR MAN 對 KUNG PING SHUN trading as 信記清拆建材工程及另二人

Citation

[2026] HKDC 821
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC1972/2021

The court accepted the applicant's evidence as the most probable account, found first respondent was the employer and fourth respondent the principal contractor, accepted the assessed average monthly wage of HKD10,000 and the unchallenged s.9, s.10 and s.10A calculations (including deduction of prior payments), and therefore ordered the specified statutory awards, interest and costs against first and fourth respondents.
27 Mar 2026

KHAN WASAL v. NG KUEN HAP trading as 俠記五金回收公司

Citation

[2026] HKDC 510
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC1879/2024

Because the respondent did not appear to affirm her witness statement, the court accepted the applicant's unchallenged evidence that his daily wage was HK$900 and applied s11(1)(b) using 26 working days to compute monthly earnings; the court accepted the Review Board's certification of 3.5% LOEC and the certified sick leave period and accordingly awarded s9, s10 and s10A compensation together with interest and costs.
15 Jan 2026

NG PUI KWAN 對 YU KA PO trading as SAN PO ENGINEERING COMPANY

Citation

[2026] HKDC 57
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC671/2022

Because the respondent failed to discharge its evidential burden and produced no evidence on its pending appeals, the court accepted the Labour Department Form 9 findings as conclusive for assessment; monthly income was calculated under s11(1)(b) by aggregating May and June 2021 earnings and proportionating to a 30‑day month; applying statutory formulas under s9, s10 and s10A, deducting amounts already paid and excluding unreceipted and capped medical expenses, yields a net award of HK$312,204.60 with interest and costs as ordered.
18 Jun 2024

CHEUNG YI SHUN MONICA 對 POP CORN ASIA (HONG KONG) LTD

Citation

[2024] HKDC 964
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC210/2023

Respondent failed to appeal the Form 7 and failed to comply with the court's order to file witness statements; accordingly the Form 7 findings (0.25% permanent loss and 116 days incapacity) are conclusive under the Ordinance and used to calculate statutory awards. Income is set at the Schedule 6 minimum $5,310; medical expenses are capped per Schedule 3(2); therefore awards under ss9,10,10A are calculated and awarded together with interest and costs.
19 May 2023

RAI CHANDRA KALA v. LA CREPERIE 8 LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2023] HKDC 671
Court

District Court
Case number

DCPI244/2019

The court found on the balance of probabilities that the plaintiff's bilateral CTS was most unlikely to have been caused by the accident; accepted the Fund Board's submissions on causation and interest; assessed damages at PSLA HK$200,000, pre-trial loss HK$250,650 (18 months at HK$13,925), special damages HK$12,000, deducted employees' compensation received HK$294,541.35, awarded total net sum HK$168,108.65; awarded no interest and made costs orders allocating responsibility between the parties as specified.
11 Jan 2023

KAUR GURJIT, appointed to represent the estate of GURLAL SINGH (since deceased) v. HARINDER ENGINEERING LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2023] HKDC 59
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC2943/2019

Court accepted evidence of daily wage HKD1,000 and applied s11(2) conceptually to accept monthly earnings of HKD26,000; applied multiplier 72 (s7(1)(b)) and 4.5% loss to compute s9 award; applied s10 formula using certified 760 days for temporary incapacity and applied s10A less reimbursement for medical expenses; deducted prior periodical payments of HKD480,000 to reach net award HKD133,393.33; awarded interest and costs accordingly.
22 Dec 2022

KO WAI FAN 對 TUNG WAH GROUP OF HOSPITALS

Citation

[2022] HKDC 1442
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC2142/2018

Because the respondent's early payment on terms exceeded the eventual award by several times and the applicant unreasonably refused it without disclosure of new material, the court exercised its discretion under Order 22 rule 23 to (a) deny interest on the compensation after the payment-on-terms date, (b) order the applicant to pay respondent's costs incurred after that date on an indemnity basis with interest at a rate 5% above the judgment rate for the pre-compliance period and judgment rate thereafter, (c) require the respondent to pay one-third of pre-payment-on-terms costs to the applica…
29 Sept 2022

LIU XIAOPING v. HUEN HO YIN and HUEN YUEN FAN, the Joint and Several Liquidators of LEUNG SUM KEE ET AL FRAMEWORK, PIPEWORK AND DEMOLISH ENGINEERING LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2022] HKDC 1063
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC2169/2020

Court accepted contemporaneous statements that the deceased earned $1,500 per day and worked 22 days per month, fixing monthly earnings at $33,000 but applying the Sixth Schedule cap of $28,360; applying multiplier 60 produced s6(1) compensation of $1,701,600, funeral expenses capped at $83,700, total award $1,785,300; interest ordered from date of accident and compensation apportioned in accordance with Seventh Schedule paragraph 5 (50% to wife, 25% to each child); costs to be paid by respondents for assessment with taxation if not agreed.
15 Sept 2022

CHOI SUN MING v. CREATIVE INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION LTD

Citation

[2022] HKDC 987
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC783/2021

Monthly earnings were accepted at $30,800 (1,400 x 22 days); applying multiplier 48 for age 58 and Board assessment of 3% resulted in s9 compensation $44,352; s10 compensation computed as $30,800 x 4/5 x 335/30 = $275,146.67; s10A medical expenses $2,764; total $322,262.67 less partial payments $189,280 yields net award $132,982.67; interest awarded from date of accident at half-judgment rate until judgment and judgment rate thereafter; respondent ordered to pay assessment costs $100,000.
30 May 2022

WEN YUANTIAN v. TSANG CHUNG KIU t/a WING TAT ENGINEERING CO

Citation

[2022] HKDC 483
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC2487/2020

Court accepted applicant's evidence and payroll records and applied s11(1) to adopt average monthly earnings of $28,065; accepted Ordinary Assessment Board's certification of 12.5% permanent loss of earning capacity; applied multiplier 72 months under s7(1)(b) to calculate s9 compensation of $252,585; applied s10(2) to award temporary incapacity for 227 days at 4/5 of monthly difference producing $169,886.80 and deducted $31,263 advanced by respondent to net $138,623.80; awarded medical expenses of $3,195 under s10A; awarded interest at half‑judgment rate from date of accident to judgment the…