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Hong Kong Case Law

Undertaking interpretation
  • 1 Aug 2013

    ESBY v. LCH

    Citation
    ESBY v. LCH
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP1420/2013

    Leave to appeal was refused because the proposed appeal lacked a reasonable prospect of success: the undertaking was unambiguous in ordinary meaning and did not preclude counting the father's access expenses in total child expenses; the judge's calculation and apportionment were within the generous ambit of discretion and not plainly wrong, and there was no error of law or principle warranting appellate intervention.