Butterworths Hong Kong Personal Injury Service

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The Butterworths Hong Kong Personal Injury Service is the first and only publication to provide a comprehensive overview of the substantive law and procedure relevant to personal injury practice in Hong Kong. It 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 are given extensive coverage, such as liability, insurance and quantum.

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. Relevant figures, such as the ‘Pain, suffering and
Loss of Amenities’ for each case are updated to take into account the 2014 inflation rates. Written by leading Hong Kong personal injury practitioners, the Personal Injury Service is clearly an invaluable addition to any professional library.

Remarks: Price includes future updates within 12 months. After 12 months, we will quote you the price for future updates of another 12 months.
Contents:

l   Practice and procedure (introduction; interview with the client; post-interview; starting the action; issuing the writ; the pleadings; the defence and other pleadings; close of pleadings; summonses; negotiations or settlement; preparing for the check list review; at the trial; judgment and appeal; costs; limitation of actions; persons under a disability; fatal accidents; appendices - practice directions)

l   Damages for personal injury and fatal accidents (introduction; general principles of damage assessment in personal injury claims; general principles restricting or limiting the damages recoverable; damages for non-pecuniary loss; damages for pre-trial (past) pecuniary loss; damages for post-trial (future) pecuniary loss

l   Damages for fatal injuries (overview of damages awards under the Fatal Accidents Ordinance and the Law Amendment and Reform (Consolidation) Ordinance; awarding damages for personal injuries preceding death; damages for loss of dependency; damages recoverable on behalf of deceased’s estate; damages recoverable on behalf of dependants, family members and the estate of the deceased; comparison of statutory provisions in Hong Kong and England and Wales; damages for fatal injuries occurring prior to 1 November 1986

l   Employee’s compensation (introduction; liability to pay EC; occupational diseases; practice in EC cases; EC insurance; quantum in EC; appendices)

l   Case digests

Updates: 2 looseleaf updates PA chargeable per issue
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