Experts believe the findings of the independent investigation committee will be critical for residents of Wang Fuk Court seeking compensation for losses from a recent fire. Proving negligence will be key to the success of insurance claims.

The success of Wang Fuk Court residents’ attempt to seek compensation for losses arising from Hong Kong’s deadliest fire in decades will hinge significantly on the findings of the independent committee investigating the disaster as claimants must prove negligence was involved, experts have said. The experts’ comments came after some residents of the Tai Po estate said that recently released documents on the government’s buy-back plan were ambiguous about their rights to pursue insurance claims.....