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Hong Kong Case Law

Litigation funding (costs allowance)

  • 14 May 2019

    W, LT v. GWH

    Citation
    [2019] HKFC 127
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC12735/2015

    Applying a broad‑brush assessment and having rejected many of the wife's inflated estimates but accepting the husbands past spending and some borrowing capacity, the court ordered maintenance of HK$30,000 per month for the wife and HK$30,000 per month for the child (first payment backdated to 1 May 2019) and refused the application for litigation funding, reserving costs for later determination and directing further procedural steps.

  • 18 Apr 2019

    M,G v. S,CYE

    Citation
    [2019] HKFC 104
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC15394/2017

    Applying the broad-brush statutory test and authorities, and accepting the wife had no deployable assets and that the husband had access to family support and other resources, the court ordered interim maintenance and limited litigation funding. The court fixed total interim payments at HK$100,000 per month: HK$20,000 to the wife, HK$25,000 per child (two children = HK$50,000), and litigation funding of HK$30,000 per month for eight months. Payments to commence 1 May 2019 and litigation funding to be paid to the respondent's solicitors on account of costs. Costs of the application ordered nis…