11 Apr 2018
WN v. XJX
- Citation
- [2018] HKFC 39
- Court
- Family Court
- Case number
- FCMC15944/2015
Petitioner failed to discharge the burden to prove lack of valid consent and is time-barred under section 20(4); lack of consummation was neither pleaded nor supported and, given the absence of intention to consummate in a sham marriage, cannot ground nullity; want of form under Chinese law either does not apply because Hong Kong law governs or, if Chinese law applied, the facts do not meet Chinese nullity provisions; sham marriages remain valid in law; therefore the petition for nullity is dismissed.