31 May 2012
C (formerly known as C) v. H
- Citation
- C (formerly known as C) v. H
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP930/2012
The Court allowed the appeal and held that Poon J was wrong to treat C v C as imposing a general requirement that a variation summons be heard together with a judgment summons in open court; the correct practice is ordinarily to determine variation applications in chambers first and then hear any judgment summons in open court unless there are compelling, case-specific reasons to depart from that practice; absent such reasons the order requiring joint open-court hearing was set aside.