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 HK, 34 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

The appeal is unanimously dismissed.

Source: [2022] HKCFA 12, Court of Final Appeal, decided 21 June 2022. Read directly from the judgment.

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

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 5 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2022] HKCA 1743 Court of Appeal

21 November 2022

[2023] HKCFI 1579 Court of First Instance

15 June 2023

[2025] HKCFI 4172 Court of First Instance

16 September 2025

[2022] HKCA 1909 Court of Appeal

30 December 2022

[2023] HKCFI 1896 Court of First Instance

21 July 2023