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Hong Kong Case Law

Backdating of interim payments

  • 14 Sept 2020

    SPMK v. WCC AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2020] HKFC 186
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMP250/2017

    Applicant demonstrated sufficient immediate need and produced medical evidence; estate valuation and undertakings limiting use of funds for physiotherapy mitigated risk to beneficiaries; court therefore varied interim payment to HK$26,000 per month (rounded) with specified allowances for medical, insurance, food, domestic helper and entertainment, allowed litigation costs allowance of HK$350,000 to solicitors, ordered limited backdating for certain items and withheld backdating for medical due to Covid-19 disruption; costs otherwise reserved because of proportionality and pending FDR.

  • 29 Feb 2008

    K v. K

    Citation
    K v. K
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC6100/2006

    Applying MPPO and authorities the court found the Wife's reasonable interim needs to be HK$75,000 per month, J2's invisible expenses to be covered by HK$5,000 per month to the Wife, and a costs allowance of HK$50,000 per month payable to the Wife's solicitors from January 2008 until the FDR in June 2008; payments are ordered from January 2008 (not backdated to petition) with credit for HK$20,000 already paid and repayment of outstanding school fees acknowledged separately.