TAN HUA NING (suing on behalf of himself and the other dependants of TAN FA ZHAN) v TAM WAH SUNG (trading as HOP KEE IMPORTERS AND EXPORTERS COMPANY)

Read the full judgment text of CACV 000048/1999 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 14 June 1999.

1. At about 8:15 p.m. on Friday 6th September 1996, Tan Fa Zhan ("the deceased") was travelling in Guangdong when the boat in which he was a passenger collided with another boat. The deceased was injured and subsequently died. He left his parents and his grandmother as his dependants. In due course, his father applied for compensation under the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (Cap. 292) ("the Ordinance") against the deceased's employer on behalf of himself and the deceased's other dependants.