2 Aug 2024
LKYI v. GJS, as the Personal Representative of KO , the Deceased
- Citation
- [2024] HKFC 145
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMP46/2020
Applicant qualified as a dependent under s3(1)(ix). Maintenance award is limited to reasonable financial provision for maintenance (not capital for gratuitous benefit). After assessing s5 factors, the court fixed monthly maintenance at HKD75000, capitalised by accepted Duxbury methodology to HKD40092000, and balanced accommodation needs by transferring 50% legal and beneficial title in Stubbs Road Property plus a lump sum payment (subject to applicant's undertaking to prevent double recovery). The court rejected Respondent's alternative calculation methods because they were unsupported by exp…