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Hong Kong Case Law

Future inheritance as resource
  • 10 Dec 2014

    LEMS v. LCTN

    Citation
    LEMS v. LCTN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP2237/2014

    Leave to appeal was refused because the wife conceded that parental and grandparental financial assistance was not forthcoming, the trial judge reasonably assessed the wife's needs (HK$60,000 per month) and correctly concluded a clean break was appropriate; a speculative future inheritance not in the foreseeable future should not be treated as a resource, so there is no reasonable prospect of success on appeal.