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Family law [2025] HKFC 47

RE HDF

The Family Court held that an unregistered biological father could not obtain custody under the GMO without first securing a declaration of parentage under the PCO.

  • Custody of illegitimate child
  • Declaration of parentage
  • Statutory presumptions of paternity
  • Jurisdictional requirements for parentage declarations
  • Interim custody orders
  • Custody
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Employment law ATIQ-UR-REHMAN v. PAUL Y. - SELI JOINT VENTURE

ATIQ-UR-REHMAN v. PAUL Y. - SELI JOINT VENTURE

The court resolved a dependency dispute by finding the deceased was Saif-ur-Rehman, not Muhammad Shahzad, and awarded employees’ compensation to Atiq-ur-Rehman’s family.

  • Identity dispute of deceased
  • Dependants entitlement
  • Credibility of witnesses
  • Documentary authentication
  • Spoliation and adverse inference
  • Costs and taxation
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Criminal law THE QUEEN v. CHEN JU WEN

THE QUEEN v. CHEN JU WEN

Appeal against sentence for possession of forged passport and forged Hong Kong identity card dismissed; 12-month concurrent sentences were held proper.

  • Possession of forged documents
  • Sentencing
  • Concurrent vs consecutive sentences
  • Guilty plea mitigation
  • Forgery
  • Criminal-appeal
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