24 Sept 1991
KONG LAP HUNG v. CHAN CHIU AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- KONG LAP HUNG v. CHAN CHIU AND ANOTHER
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC420/1989
Under section 16 EO Cap.282 an unreasonable refusal to undergo surgery curtails compensation only where (1) the employee was obliged to submit to treatment by the employer's doctor under s.16(6) (i.e. was not attended by his own doctor), and (2) the refusal aggravated the injury; mere prevention of improvement or refusal of advice (as distinct from instructions) does not suffice. On the facts both conditions failed, so no curtailment arose.