Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Separation and maintenance orders ordinance

Legal area

Court

30 Jun 1972

YUNG HO v. TSANG WING TONG

Citation

YUNG HO v. TSANG WING TONG
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ7546/1971

The plaintiff failed to prove persistent cruelty (the required matrimonial offence) on the evidence; because Section 3 of the Separation and Maintenance Orders Ordinance bars relief absent proof of such an offence, the plaintiff was not entitled to maintenance or other relief under that Ordinance in these proceedings, and the application was dismissed.
13 Sept 1968

WAI YUK FUNG v. TSUI SUM

Citation

WAI YUK FUNG v. TSUI SUM
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV21/1968

The appeal was allowed because the magistrate erred in making a combined lump sum instead of separate statutory awards expressed by reference to weekly amounts; on the available evidence the court substituted separate weekly awards of $90 for the complainant and $20 for the child, finding the respondent had wilfully neglected maintenance though his means were not fully disclosed.