9 May 2025
Q v. J AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2025] HKCFI 1730
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2721/2024
The court found that the mother's removal of the child during ongoing Shanghai proceedings and appeal, her non-compliance with a court direction concerning the child's passport application, her persistence in a factual case contradicted by contemporaneous documents, and her inconsistent statements to different courts collectively amounted to reprehensible and unreasonable conduct falling within the exception to the general practice; accordingly the mother was ordered to pay the father's costs of the wardship and Hague proceedings, including reserved costs, to be taxed on a party and party bas…