Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Valuation of life interest

Legal area

Court

30 May 2025

LAU CHUNG v. HUI KENG YEE AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 2229
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA561/2019

The court held that Order 22 r 23 can apply even where the plaintiff's claim was dismissed for procedural reasons without a judicial determination on the merits because the local rule omits the words 'at trial' present in the English rule; it was not unjust in the circumstances to impose Rule 23 consequences; enhanced interest on the 1st defendant's costs was fixed at 3% above the judgment rate, applied on the full-rate approach from the dates of payments until full payment; Rule 24 did not apply to the counterclaim because the judgment obtained (declaration and possession) was not shown to b…
19 Jul 2018

WYSL v. FHCBA

Citation

[2018] HKCFI 1543
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMC8/2016

Judge found on the evidence the Disputed Properties were beneficially held for the Father/the Estate not as gifts to the Husband; the Husband's interest in the discretionary Trust was not a current resource; therefore the s.17 Application to set aside dispositions was dismissed and did not alter the asset pool; on s.7 exercise the Wife's needs were met by a lump sum award of HKD 24,000,000 payable within four months; costs orders were made accordingly.