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Family law CCYM v. PWH

CCYM v. PWH

The District Court decided ancillary relief in a short-to-medium marriage, valued the asset pool, treated some assets as matrimonial, and ordered limited maintenance.

  • Non‑matrimonial property
  • Division of assets
  • Business valuation
  • Maintenance pending suit
  • Section 7 factors
  • Inheritance treatment
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Family law QCSL v. GCJ

QCSL v. GCJ

Ancillary relief judgment in which the court treated funds from the wife's father as a soft loan, repaid it from sale proceeds, and divided the balance 65/35.

  • Ancillary relief
  • Division of assets
  • Treatment of loans
  • Maintenance (spousal and child)
  • Costs
  • Earning capacity
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Family law CMSJ v. G,JJ

CMSJ v. G,JJ

In a short Hong Kong marriage, the court held the assets were largely pre-marital and awarded needs-based ancillary relief, child maintenance, and costs.

  • Pre-marital assets
  • Sharing principle vs needs-based approach
  • Maintenance (periodic and capitalized)
  • Costs orders
  • Section 7 factors
  • Earning capacity
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Family law KWP v. LCM

KWP v. LCM

Ancillary relief judgment rejecting a claimed trust over the matrimonial home, delaying its sale until 1 September 2017, and awarding 55% of net proceeds to the wife.

  • Division of matrimonial property
  • Constructive/common intention trust
  • Timing of sale of matrimonial home
  • Dissipation of assets
  • Section 7 factors
  • Clean break orders
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Family law LSFB v. LWO

LSFB v. LWO

District Court ancillary relief judgment ordering transfer of Flat X to the petitioner wife, subject to encumbrances, after applying needs and sharing principles.

  • Division of matrimonial assets
  • Transfer of property
  • Section 7 factors
  • Needs, compensation and sharing
  • Ancillary-relief
  • Matrimonial-property
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Family law SSY v. CYS

SSY v. CYS

The court rejected an alleged 1996 settlement, included the sale proceeds of the former matrimonial home and the husband’s MPF in the asset pool, and ordered a near-equal division.

  • Section 7 factors
  • Asset dissipation
  • Adverse inference
  • Mpf/pension treatment
  • Costs
  • Family-law
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Family law C v. T

C v. T

Ancillary relief decision on a divorce settlement: the court upheld the capital division in a deed of separation, but ordered arrears and reduced ongoing maintenance.

  • Ancillary relief
  • Periodical payments
  • Lump sum award
  • Section 7 factors
  • Enforceability of separation deed
  • Financial disclosure
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Family law LAML v. TCCY

LAML v. TCCY

The Court of Appeal reduced the husband’s assessed income and varied interim child maintenance, ordering HK$8,000 per month for each child.

  • Maintenance pending suit
  • Interim maintenance
  • Assessment of income
  • Section 7 factors
  • Maintenance-pending-suit
  • Interim-maintenance
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