14 Aug 1985
SIU YUK LIN AND ANOTHER v. YEUNG SAI CHOW
- Citation
- SIU YUK LIN AND ANOTHER v. YEUNG SAI CHOW
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2103/1983
On the evidence the Master found as a fact that promotion to Station Sergeant by 1 April 1983 was essentially certain; excluded overseas education allowance for lack of qualifying evidence; calculated net pre-trial and post-trial lost earnings using found tax rates (8% pre-trial, specific tax calculation for future loss giving $1,443.16 per month tax), adopted a multiplier of 14 to reflect near 10 years full pay plus subsequent pension period, assessed specific heads of loss (pre-trial and post-trial income loss, loss of gratuity at half the commuted amount, loss of principal element of home…