Read the full judgment text of CACV 000297/2005 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 6 January 2006.
1. This was an appeal from the judgment of His Honour Judge Wesley Wong dated 17 June 2005 whereby the judge held that the plaintiff was not entitled to any damages against the defendant although the latter was responsible for the accident on 21 May 2001 which gave rise to the personal injuries claim. This was because the amount of damages arising out of the accident did not exceed the employee’s compensation already received by the plaintiff. The only point arising in the appeal was whether t