29 Mar 2019
CHONG KO CHUEN v. JOINT WELL METAL CO LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 827
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI1210/2014
Having found liability admitted, the court assessed quantum by accepting parts of plaintiff's evidence and expert findings but discounted exaggeration revealed by surveillance and inconsistent evidence. The court fixed the overtime rate at HKD 90/hour, adopted an updated notional labourer daily rate of HKD 920 (notional monthly HKD 23,920) and a median pre-trial monthly multiplicand of HKD 21,892.50; found plaintiff could have returned to part-time work by July 2014 and full-time light cleaning by January 2015 so reduced some pre-trial/post-trial loss for mitigation; awarded PSLA HKD 400,000,…