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Pain assessment
  • 13 Mar 2006

    CHEUNG YUEN FAN SALLY v. HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

    Citation
    CHEUNG YUEN FAN SALLY v. HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI106/2003

    Leave for ergonomics and biometrics, clinical psychologist and pain specialist reports was refused because the plaintiff failed to show these were necessary, relevant and of probative value beyond the substantial government hospital records and common sense assessment by the trial judge; ergonomics evidence on liability was unnecessary because the acts (lifting/throwing rubbish) are within judicial common knowledge; clinical psychologist evidence was unnecessary and the plaintiff had declined further psychological treatment; pain specialist evidence was unnecessary given subjective nature of…