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Treating doctors
  • 23 Feb 2010

    PUN KWONG CHEUNG v. TANG SHIU WO t/a LUEN YICK DECORATION & DESIGN CO AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    PUN KWONG CHEUNG v. TANG SHIU WO t/a LUEN YICK DECORATION & DESIGN CO AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCPI587/2008

    Cross-examination of the treating psychiatrists was unnecessary and not sufficiently probative because the issues regarding sick leave, causation and exaggeration could be fairly tested by the surveillance evidence, the joint and opposing psychiatric expert reports, and cross-examination of the Plaintiff; sick leave certificates are treatment-based subjective evidence and the trial judge is entitled to assess them against all available evidence; case management and proportionality weighed against requiring oral evidence from treating doctors.