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Hong Kong Case Law

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  • 5 Jun 2023

    L v. F

    Citation
    [2023] HKFC 108
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC7917/2018

    Respondent failed to discharge the burden to show cause why the prenuptial agreement should not bind him. The PNA was unvitiated, was negotiated with legal advice, the parties lived in accordance with it, and no credible evidence was adduced that enforcement would be unfair or that the husband is destitute. Accordingly the Crossley application succeeds, the PNA is given significant/magnetic weight for case management purposes, limited discovery is appropriate and a case management hearing is ordered to define the scope of limited disclosure and further steps; costs ordered in favour of petiti…

  • 20 May 2016

    K & L GATES v. NAVIN KUMAR AGGARWAL AND OTHERS

    Citation
    K & L GATES v. NAVIN KUMAR AGGARWAL AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA1061/2011

    The strike-out application was dismissed because, on the materials, it was not plain and obvious that the plaintiff's case must fail; the plaintiff's factual matrix (connections, draft agreements, public announcement and banking records showing payments to SIC) could, with cross-examination and inference, support a trial on agency and knowing receipt. Discovery was ordered in part: D2 must disclose filings/submissions to the Macau Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ) for 1 March 2005 to 11 December 2010 (with wording narrowed), but broad bank-document and other classes were refuse…