Butterworths Hong Kong Personal Injury Service

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Editorial Advisory Board The Hon Justice Mohan Bhawarney , Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court Her Hon Judge Marlene Ng, Deputy Judge of the High Court Raymond Leung Wai Man SC , Barrister at Law; Hon Secretary of the Hong Kong Bar Association Kumar Ramanathan SC , Barrister at Law Robin Mcleish , Barrister at Law Khamlesh Sadhwani , Barrister at Law Original Authors Michael K Turnbull , LLB (Vic), Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, Solicitor of England and Wales and Hong Kong Prudence Mak , BCom (UNSW), LLB (UNSW), LLM (HKU), Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, England and Wales and Hong Kong Christina Lee , BA (HKU), LLB (Lon); Barrister, Hong Kong Robin McLeish, MA (Oxon), Barrister, Gray's Inn and Hong Kong

A treasure trove of case laws

The service includes a vast collection of cases systematically arranged according to particular types of injuries and specific heads of damage, providing practitioners with an easy reference to local precedents.

We've got you covered

Covers all stages of litigation, from the initial interview with client to judgment and costs after trial.

The full extent of the damage is always negligible

"A man is not compensated for the physical injury; he is compensated for the loss which he suffers as a result of that injury." - Lord Reid, Baker v Willoughby [1970] AC 467

Butterworths Hong Kong Personal Injury Service aims to provide a practical research tool through the personal injury minefield, by assimilating relevant cases in the field and considering issues of practice and procedure that arise in the context of personal injury litigation

The work covers all stages of litigation, from the initial interview with client to judgment and costs after trial. Detailed chapters outline the general formulae for assessment of damages, with thorough examination of possible claims by dependents, including a comparison of statutory provisions in Hong Kong with those in England and Wales. In addition, all aspects of Employees' compensation claims and employees' compensation claims are given extensive coverage, such as liability, insurance and quantum.

Providing answers to questions of law and fact, with a flip of a page, a click of a mouse, or a swipe on your screen

Keep abreast of the latest developments

Stay up to date with the latest decisions and changing regulations across multiple jurisdictions, with content updated on a bi-monthly basis.

An authoritative voice

Highly regarded content written by experts in the field, and have been cited in over a hundred Hong Kong judgments and academic discussions.

Advise with confidence

Equip yourself with the most obvious to the most obscure principles, cases, and points of law, and its application in various jurisdictions.

A streamlined research experience

Alphabetically indexed Table of Cases, Table of Legislation and comprehensive subject index provides a systematic research experience and optimises relevant search results.

Table of Contents

Practice and Procedure

Damages for Personal Injury and Fatal Accidents

Damages for Fatal Injuries

Employees' Compensation

Case Digests

Table of Quantum of Damages

Authors

Editorial Advisory Board

The Hon Justice Mohan Bhawarney, Judge of the Court of First Instance of the High Court

Her Hon Judge Marlene Ng, Deputy Judge of the High Court

Raymond Leung Wai Man SC, Barrister at Law; Hon Secretary of the Hong Kong Bar Association

Kumar Ramanathan SC, Barrister at Law

Robin Mcleish, Barrister at Law

Khamlesh Sadhwani, Barrister at Law

Original Authors

Michael K Turnbull, LLB (Vic), Barrister and Solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand, Solicitor of England and Wales and Hong Kong

Prudence Mak, BCom (UNSW), LLB (UNSW), LLM (HKU), Solicitor of the Supreme Court of New South Wales, England and Wales and Hong Kong

Christina Lee, BA (HKU), LLB (Lon); Barrister, Hong Kong

Robin McLeish, MA (Oxon), Barrister, Gray's Inn and Hong Kong

More Information

Updates: The content is updated 3 times a year to accommodate new cases, legislative changes, inflation rates as well as updates in the practice and procedure in this area of law.

Format: Looseleaf set (3 binders), Lexis Advance® Hong Kong & Lexis Red™

ISBN: 9780409999686