27 Mar 2009
KEUNG SHING v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Citation
- KEUNG SHING v. HOSPITAL AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI74/2003
The court ordered that the liability issue in HCPI 74/2003 be split from the issue of quantum and be determined first; consolidation of the three actions will only occur for assessment of damages and contribution if the Hospital Authority is found liable, because interlocutory judgments/consent orders on liability cannot be reopened and novus actus interveniens is relevant to contribution on quantum rather than to negate settled liability.
- Consolidation of actions
- Novus actus interveniens
- Splitting liability and quantum
- Assessment of damages
- Contribution between defendants
- Misdiagnosis and standard of care