1. ) RAJINA A/P WILLIAM adalah isteri yang sah kepada THANABAL A/L THANGARAJOO simati dan membawa tindakan ini untuk dirinya dan juga bagi pihak estate simati di bawah Seksyen 7 & 8 Akta Undang-Undang Sibil 1956 dan juga bagi gantirugi berifmen 2. ) XXXX v WANG KANG WEI
4 cases cited
(0 SG, 4 foreign)
Catchwords
CIVIL LAW — Fatal accident — Assessment of damages — Loss of dependency — Appeal against quantum of damages awarded by Sessions Court — Whether trial judge erred in assessment of multiplicand and multiplier — Whether deceased's income sufficiently proven by payslips, EPF records, bank statements and oral testimony — Whether documentary evidence concerning earnings consistent and reliable — Whether awards granted manifestly inadequate — Civil Law Act 1956, ss. 7 & 8 DAMAGES — Fatal accident claim — Loss of dependency — Multiplicand and multiplier — Assessment of future loss — Proof of earnings — Conflicting evidence regarding deceased's income — Whether trial judge entitled to adopt cautious and moderate approach — Whether multiplier adopted plainly erroneous — Whether appellate intervention warranted APPEAL — Quantum of damages — Appellate interference — Scope of appellate review — Findings of fact and assessment of damages by trial court — Whether trial judge acted on wrong principles of law or misapprehended evidence — Whether award manifestly inadequate or plainly erroneous — Whether appellate court entitled to substitute its own assessment merely because a different figure could reasonably have been awarded
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[1972] MLRA 16 [1996] 3 CLJ 163 [2018] 3 AMR 259 [2025] 8 AMR 961
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