8 May 2017
LAMYIN BOK BOSCO, A MINOR BY LAM PO YEE, HIS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND v. DR CHAN YEE SHING also known as DR CHAN YEE SHING ALVIN
- Citation
- LAMYIN BOK BOSCO, A MINOR BY LAM PO YEE, HIS MOTHER AND NEXT FRIEND v. DR CHAN YEE SHING also known as DR CHAN YEE SHING ALVIN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCPI369/2010
Court accepted defendant's liability but made detailed findings on quantum: psychiatric injuries of parents were caused by the original nervous shocks and were compensable; however the severe setback after receipt of the Medical Council letter was held to be objectively irrelevant to the defendant's tort and not recoverable as an aggravation. The Father Care Claim was awarded on the basis of a notional-earnings baseline reduced for part-time earnings ($172,500). The Mother was awarded PSLA and economic heads totalling $935,920; the Father was awarded PSLA and specific heads totalling $293,211…