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Topic

Adverse inference for non-cooperation

Legal area

Court

17 Mar 2023

SARUP SINGH v. TORTURE CLAIMS APPEAL BOARD / NON-REFOULEMENT CLAIMS PETITION OFFICE

Citation

[2023] HKCA 366
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CAMP401/2022

Applicant's delay of over seven weeks was inexcusable and, having failed to advance any reasonably arguable grounds and having refused to cooperate with the Board (justifying adverse inferences), he could not show a real prospect of success; therefore extension of time to appeal and leave to appeal out of time were refused and the summons dismissed.
30 Sept 2019

吳對陳

Citation

[2019] HKFC 256
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC1192/2016

Having adopted the valuation evidence for the former matrimonial home (HK$18,508,000), accepted the wife's disclosed bank/investment evidence (rounded to HK$8,000,000) and imputed dissipation of HK$700,000 for lavish purchases, the court determined matrimonial assets at HK$27,446,000, deducted the wife's debt to her daughter (HK$58,500) to reach distributable HK$27,387,500, applied the equal sharing principle yielding HK$13,693,750 each, credited the wife's existing assets (HK$28,000) and awarded a lump-sum maintenance payment by the husband to the wife of HK$13,666,000 payable within 30 days…