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Leave to appeal was refused in a maintenance pending suit case, with the court holding the judge had applied the correct broad-brush approach and made no reviewable error.
The court varied maintenance pending suit from HK$61,000 to HK$99,000 monthly, allowed HK$25,000 for debt repayment, and left legal costs funding largely unchanged in the meantime.
The court ordered the husband to pay HK$600,000 toward the wife’s ongoing legal costs, alongside agreed maintenance pending suit, after finding she could not reasonably fund the case herself.
The court awarded interim maintenance pending suit of HK$45,000 per month for a wife and two children, drawing adverse inferences from the husband’s incomplete financial disclosure.
Interim maintenance pending suit was awarded on a broad-brush basis, with the husband ordered to pay HK$70,000 monthly inclusive of rent and a legal costs contribution.
Interim maintenance pending suit was increased to HK$45,000 per month, plus HK$5,000 monthly toward legal costs, subject to the wife’s undertaking.
The court ordered interim maintenance and a legal costs contribution for the wife, maintained Wednesday staying access for the children, and directed a social investigation report.
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