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Hong Kong Case Law

Medical expense undertakings
  • 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.