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Hong Kong Case Law

Lump sum payments

  • 15 Mar 2007

    C v. W

    Citation
    C v. W
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC2825/1998

    The court found the First Consent Order was enforceable because the Second Consent Order constituted a forbearance agreement supported by clear reciprocal undertakings; the court lacked statutory power under s.11 Cap 192 to vary the HK$500,000 lump sum made under s.5(2)(c); the court varied the periodical payment for the child under the First Consent Order from HK$15,000 to HK$6,000, effective from November 2005, to continue until the child completes full‑time education pursuant to s.10(3) Cap 192; the Petitioner’s periodical maintenance under the First Consent Order was discharged; costs wer…

  • 5 Dec 1986

    JUDITH CAROL GITIN EIMAN v. RICHARD SAMUEL ELMAN AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    JUDITH CAROL GITIN EIMAN v. RICHARD SAMUEL ELMAN AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV98/1986

    Lump sum matrimonial orders are, in substance, orders for payment of money that qualify as judgment debts within Section 50 District Court Ordinance Cap.336; therefore unpaid instalments of such orders attract statutory interest from the date they become due. The distinct enforcement procedures applicable to matrimonial orders do not exclude the importation of statutory interest into the orders themselves.

  • 6 Oct 1983

    P v. P

    Citation
    P v. P
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV86/1983

    Appeal allowed in part: having regard to the wife's singular ownership of the house, the husband's existing and foreseeable financial obligations, and the lack of credible evidence for the transport and certain claimed debts, the court ordered modest periodical payments to the wife ($600/month) and child maintenance ($1,500/month total, $750 each), transferred the husband's interest in the house to the wife, and ordered the husband to pay or guarantee mortgage and general and water rates; claims for transportation costs and additional lump sums were dismissed for lack of evidence or because d…