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Hong Kong Case Law

Variation/discharge of undertakings

  • 10 Sept 2024

    LCFM v. LSF

    Citation
    [2024] HKCA 852
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CAMP339/2023

    The Court of Appeal refused leave to appeal: the trial judge applied the correct legal principles, made relevant factual findings including that there was no material change of circumstances and that the 2nd Applicant gave informed consent to the undertaking; there is no reasonable prospect of success on appeal and no other interest of justice to hear it; accordingly the undertaking remains in force and the summons is dismissed.

  • 28 Sept 2020

    WJT v. YATM

    Citation
    [2020] HKFC 203
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMP79/2017

    Applying s.10(2) GMO and the Re P principles the court conducted a broad commonsense assessment of V’s reasonable needs against the Father’s means, accepted that private schooling and reasonable nanny provision were appropriate, rejected many of the Father’s allegations of concealed wealth and unjustified gift assertions, found the Mother’s evidence on loans and depletion of assets credible on balance, and concluded it was fair and reasonable to (a) award periodical maintenance for V of US$8,000 per month backdated to 1 August 2018, (b) award a carer’s allowance to the Mother of US$2,500 per…