25 Sept 2024
CS AND ANOTHER v. SW
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 2326
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1731/2023
Extension of time was granted and a parental order issued because statutory s.12 requirements were satisfied (with extension), the Surrogate consented, the children’s best interests required legal parentage with the Applicants, and although the arrangement breached Cambodian, Thai and Hong Kong prohibitions on commercial surrogacy, the court authorised retrospective approval of RMB 778,429 as payments made pursuant to and in connection with the agreement after assessing reasonableness, good faith and best interests, while rejecting a blanket bar to relief where children would suffer.