11 Dec 2024
TAM LI KAM WAH AGNES v. WONG PUI HANG WILLIAM AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 3580
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI117/2017
The court found on the evidence that the parents were dependants, that the deceased would have been promoted to FO by 2016, SFO by end 2019 and Captain by mid‑2023, accepted the pleaded regular monthly contribution of HK$12,500 (net parental support HK$7,526 per month) and applied multipliers and life tables to calculate past and future dependency, calculated loss of accumulation of wealth by projecting post‑death earnings, applying an assumed accumulation rate based on historical saving pattern and applying a 2.5% real discount for accelerated receipt to reach a net award; total damages afte…