Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Risk of flight

Legal area

Court

5 Jun 2018

JRMW v. NAV

Citation

[2018] HKFC 90
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC8504/2017

Balancing the children’s best interests against a real but not overwhelming risk of flight, the court allowed temporary removal for specified limited periods because the petitioner provided undertakings, produced a Hong Kong school place for L and offered to pay $100,000 into court as security; these conditions sufficiently mitigated flight risk to permit the summer travel.
14 Oct 1999

RE ROBERT HENRY COSBY

Citation

RE ROBERT HENRY COSBY
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCAL118/1999

Bail refused because there were substantial grounds to believe the applicant would fail to surrender to custody: he had no ties in Hong Kong, demonstrated conduct evidencing intention to avoid trial, worldwide contacts and means to evade, and the medical evidence and newly advanced circumstances did not outweigh the real risk of flight.