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SCMP Reporter

The owner of the Big Boss nightclub in Tsim Sha Tsui was yesterday denied approval to call expert evidence from a specialist accountant in a HK$20 million claim against the driver of a car involved in an accident in which he suffered a leg injury.
Billionaire Law Cheuk,  67, is suing Margaret Chan Fung-luen over the accident, claiming  her Jaguar rammed into his Toyota outside the Kowloon Tong Club on December 13, 2003.
The damages sought by Mr Law, sole owner of the Tanfory Company that operates Big Boss - one of Hong Kong's biggest and best-known clubs - include HK$10.6 million for loss of earnings.
His lawyer had sought authority from a High Court master to call a forensic accountant to explain Mr Law's financial arrangements with Tanfory and his property development company, China Shine, but this was denied.
In the Court of First Instance yesterday, Mr Justice John Saunders  upheld that ruling. The judge said the case should be decided on factual matters, not opinions.
Mr  Law has claimed he had to take 715 days of sick leave as a result of the accident.
A hearing date for the claim, lodged in 2006, has yet to be set.
In yesterday's judgment Mr Justice Saunders noted that the amount of loss was calculated on the salaries Mr  Law received from the two  companies.
He claimed he had received no less than HK$5.4 million a year from Tanfory in the seven years to 2003, and his earnings since the accident had been reduced by a total of HK$4.8 million because of his sick leave.
Mr  Law said he was paid HK$8 million by China Shine between July 2003 and June  last year, but had lost earnings of HK$5.8 million in that time, the judge said.
Mr Law came to Hong Kong from Guangzhou in 1962.  The Big Boss was opened in December 1984.



Call for witness in HK$20m case denied