EMPLOYEES COMPENSATION ASSISTANCE FUND BOAR V. FONG CHAK KWAN

[2022] HKCFA 12 Court of Final Appeal 21 June 2022 • FACV5/2022 • 65 min read

35 cases cited (1 SG, 34 foreign)

Practice Areas

Employees Compensation Assistance Ordinance Rules of the High Court

Judges (5)

Bokhary Coram Fok Coram Lam Coram Lord Collins of Mapesbury Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (8)

Gallant Firm Kenneth Lam, Solicitors Firm Adrian TY Wong Counsel Defendant Anson Wong Yu Yat Counsel Plaintiff Audrey Eu Counsel Plaintiff Clark Wang Counsel Defendant Horace Wong Counsel Defendant Jason Kung Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (4)

Ascentic Limited Defendant Brentwood Industries, Inc Defendant Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board Defendant Fong Chak Kwan Plaintiff

Summary

The Employees Compensation Assistance Fund Board appealed regarding its liability to pay compensation to an injured worker, Fong Chak Kwan, who was injured in Hong Kong by equipment manufactured by a US company. The Court considered the proper test for establishing jurisdiction over foreign defendants and the Fund Board's statutory obligations. The appeal addressed important questions of private international law and statutory interpretation.

Statutes Cited

Employees Compensation Assistance Ordinance

s 33(d)

Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Cases Cited (35)

SG (1)

[2019] SGCA 80

UK (24)

[1946] 1 KB 58 [1987] AC 460 [2003] EWCA Civ 205 [2004] EWHC 1437 [2006] EWHC 3354 [2007] EWCA Civ 799 [2008] EWHC 129 [2009] EWCA Civ 353 [2011] EWHC 852 [2011] UKPC 7 [2012] 1 WLR 1804 [2013] EWHC 1118 [2013] EWHC 2188 [2013] EWHC 2968 [2013] EWHC 4096 [2013] UKSC 5 [2015] EWCA Civ 379 [2017] UKSC 80 [2018] EWCA Civ 1742 [2019] UKSC 20 [2020] EWCA Civ 996 [2020] UKSC 37 [2021] UKPC 24 [2021] UKSC 45

AU (2)

[1987] HCA 17 [1990] HCA 55

HK (8)

(2002) 5 HKCFAR 356 (2017) 20 HKCFAR 524 (2020) 23 HKCFAR 229 [2009] 4 HKLRD 454 [2014] 6 HKC 361 [2020] HKCFI 679 [2021] HKCA 1138 [2022] HKCFA 4

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2022] HKCFA 12)