19 Feb 1991
NGAN WAH CHUN WING v. NGAN FUT KAM
- Citation
- NGAN WAH CHUN WING v. NGAN FUT KAM
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV146/1990
The Court of Appeal held that the judge erred in making enforceable periodical payments to the wife given the judge's own findings that such orders would be ineffective, and that the wife's reasonable requirements would be adequately and more securely met by affirming the property transfer of the husband's beneficial interest in the matrimonial home. The appeal was allowed in part (periodical payments to wife set aside) and the property transfer order affirmed; a re-trial was refused despite procedural omissions because the outcome would not materially differ and costs would be disproportiona…