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Hong Kong Case Law

Discovery of financial documents
  • 10 Dec 2015

    CWK v. YCHS AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    CWK v. YCHS AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC6082/2014

    On the established factual pattern where the Husband habitually deposited his salary to the Wife who managed family living expenses, those deposits were more likely than not for the Wife's maintenance; fairness and reasonableness required continuation of that established pattern absent cogent evidence of a material change in Husband's ability to pay; accordingly Husband must pay HK$60,000 per month (HK$70,000 less HK$10,000 retained by Husband for personal spending) from 15 December 2015 and AE card reinstatement cannot be ordered under maintenance pending suit provisions.

  • 17 Apr 1997

    TO SIU LUN v. CHIU CHEE KAN PETER AND OTHERS

    Citation
    TO SIU LUN v. CHIU CHEE KAN PETER AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP1643/1996

    The court ordered that discovery be limited to the petitioner's financial documents relating to May 1990 and May 1995 because the respondents provided no justification for discovery covering earlier three-year periods; the respondents' alternative date submissions were rejected and costs were apportioned such that the petitioner pays costs up to receipt of the respondents' solicitors' letter of 9 April 1997 and thereafter the respondents pay the petitioner's costs.