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Hong Kong Case Law

Needs vs sharing vs compensation
  • 15 Jul 2009

    K v. D

    Citation
    K v. D
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC8732/2007

    The court assessed assets at values as at trial (with modest adjustments), found the Husband had largely accounted for post-separation transactions but allowed an add-back for legal costs likely met from joint funds (estimated in excess of HK$1,000,000), excluded the Wife's unquantified personal injury claim from the divisible asset pool but treated it as relevant to her income/needs, and, applying the s.7 fairness enquiry and the sharing principle, ordered an equal division of the net assets with implementation directions (each to retain their home and other assets in possession and sale of…