[2013] SGHC 54

“$70,000 in damages for the pain and suffering caused by a below-knee amputation of one leg. The plaintiff sought damages of $90,000 and brought to my attention the case of Ng Chee Wee v Tan Chin Seng [2013] SGHC 54 (“Ng Chee Wee”), in which the same was awarded to a plaintiff who suffered from a severe degloving injury”

“nting an award for loss of future earning capacity (see Williams Norris QC et al, Kemp & Kemp: The Quantum of Damages (Volume 1) (Sweet & Maxwell, 2016) at para 10.026.1, Ng Chee Wee v Tan Ching Seng [2013] SGHC 54 at [68], citing A and others v The National Blood Authority and others [2001] 3 All ER 289 (“The National”

“amenities that the plaintiff endured and continues to endure for the degloving injury to her left foot, a sum of $90,000 should be awarded. In support, the plaintiff cited Ng Chee Wee v Tan Chin Seng [2013] SGHC 54 (“Ng Chee Wee”). The plaintiff there claimed against the defendant for injuries he suffered when the defe”

“position appears to me to be clear. The general rule is that a claimant is entitled to damages for all medical expenses reasonably incurred as a result of the injury (see Ng Chee Wan v Tan Chin Seng [2013] SGHC 54 (“Ng Chee Wan”) at [13]). It does not matter, for this purpose, whether the expenses have already been inc”

“bly incurred in the treatment of their injuries. This general principle, which makes no distinction between Western medicine and TCM, has been consistently upheld (see eg, Ng Chee Wan v Tan Chin Seng [2013] SGHC 54 at [13] and Hazwani bte Amin v Chia Heok Meng [2018] SGHCR 2 at [29]).”