Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Means and ability to pay

Legal area

Court

3 Mar 2020

SYTE v. CCS

Citation

[2020] HKFC 40
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC6268/2019

Applying s.3 MPPO and the broad‑brush fairness principles, the court found the wife’s reasonable interim needs after adjustments to be $38,000 per month, that the husband had the means to pay given his assets and bank deposits, and that the Currey criteria for a legal costs provision were met; accordingly MPS was awarded at $38,000 per month backdated to 1 September 2019 and a lump sum legal costs provision of $600,000 was ordered to cover costs up to FDR.
25 Apr 2017

FM v. HK

Citation

FM v. HK
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC16350/2016

On a broad‑brush assessment the court found the husband had sufficient means (including recent employer cheques, large cash withdrawals and diminution of silver/gold holdings) and that the reasonable interim needs of the children and petitioner required payment; accordingly the court ordered HK$21,000 per month per child as interim maintenance and HK$8,500 per month to the petitioner as maintenance pending suit, with specified allocation of household and children expenses and provision for costs.