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The Court of Appeal held that the FDR memorandum was protected by FDR confidentiality, was inadmissible at the ancillary relief trial, and allowed the appeal.
The Court vacated a Form A registration over a property, holding the defendant was estopped from asserting a competing interest and ancillary relief could not outrank the existing mortgage.
The Court of Appeal dismissed an out-of-time bid to appeal refusal of leave to bring committal proceedings, holding the intended appeal had no real prospect of success.
The Court dismissed a defendant’s appeal against refusal of specific discovery and also refused leave to adduce new evidence in an appeal over a consent order challenge.
The High Court stayed the action in favour of Family Court ancillary relief proceedings, set aside the earlier stay order, and indicated only some trust-based prayers lacked support.
The court dismissed the husband’s application to vary a costs order nisi in ancillary relief proceedings and made that order absolute, leaving him liable for the wife’s costs.
The District Court dismissed a husband’s application to vary a costs order nisi in ancillary relief proceedings, upheld the wife as the overall successful party, and made the costs order absolute.
The court set aside a 2023 deed of gift of the Tsuen Wan property, finding it was made to defeat ancillary relief orders and was caught by section 17 MPPO.
The court made the decree nisi absolute, despite unresolved ancillary relief and maintenance issues, after finding the child’s welfare arrangements were the best practicable.
Ancillary relief judgment in divorce proceedings: the court rejected adverse inference for alleged non-disclosure, treated the case as needs-based, and ordered a lump sum, child maintenance, and costs.
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