29 Feb 2008
W v. H AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- W v. H AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMC1/2006
C v C's limiting doctrine of reasonable requirements is no longer to be treated as the governing law in Hong Kong; Hong Kong courts should apply the English sharing principle (White and subsequent authorities) informed by constitutional equality provisions; the husband made dispositions to the Family Trust and Charitable Foundation with the intention of defeating the wife’s claim under s17 MPPO (entitling her to relief), but formal s17 dismantling orders are reserved; applying sharing, needs and compensation broadly the wife is entitled to 35% of the matrimonial assets and the husband must pa…