19 Jul 2006
SHUM TSZ YAN v. UNION MEDICAL CENTRE LTD t/a SHATIN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTRE UNION HOSPITAL
- Citation
- SHUM TSZ YAN v. UNION MEDICAL CENTRE LTD t/a SHATIN INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL CENTRE UNION HOSPITAL
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCEC1135/2004
Court granted leave to apply out of time and cancelled Form 5 under s.16B(1)(b) because there was sufficient evidence to conclude on the balance of probabilities that the OAB may have been ignorant of the applicant's pre-existing depression at the time of the Form 5 and that the combined effect of that depression and the injury could have affected the true nature/extent of the injury; the Form 5 was not cancelled on the basis of subsequent additional sick leave because correctness is judged as at the date of issue; the occupational health report of Dr. Chan was refused because it was of minim…