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1. The Appellant alleges that the Master erred in his assessment of the damages payable to the Respondent Plaintiff under the Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance. It was common ground that in assessing both the pre-trial and the post-trial losses it was necessary to ascertain the "free balance". It is also accepted that the free balance is to be calculated in the manner described by Roberts, C.J. in The Personal Representatives of the Estate of WONG Sai-chuen, deceased v TAM Mei-c