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Topic

Multiplier/multiplicand methodology

Legal area

Court

12 Apr 2024

YUM SIU WAH v. WONG CHI SHING

Citation

[2024] HKCA 327
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV330/2021

The Court of Appeal held the judge erred in understating the claimant's pre-accident earnings by relying on the immediate 12‑month figure alone; the correct post‑tax pre‑accident annual earning should have been HK$732,739.50 (average of 2013/14 and 2014/15 taxed at 10%), and both the one‑year pre‑recovery loss and the quantified post‑recovery loss should be increased to HK$732,739.50 each, resulting in revision of the principal sum to HK$1,811,059.00.
19 Jul 1996

CHAN PUI KI v. LEUNG ON AND ANOTHER

Citation

CHAN PUI KI v. LEUNG ON AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV263/1995

Affirmed upward revision of non-pecuniary guidelines for pain and suffering but held the trial judge erred in abandoning the accepted multiplier approach and in admitting/using elaborate actuarial/investment evidence to derive unconventional multipliers; substituted specific revised awards and held limited use of economic expert evidence is appropriate, and that provision for investment/management advice may be awarded where necessary.