LEUNG WING YI ASTHER (Petitioner (Appellant) in FACV 10/2015, Petitioner in FACV 11/2015) v KWOK YU WAH (Respondent (Respondent) in FACV 10/2015 and FACV 11/2015)

Read the full judgment text of FACV 10 & 11/2015 on BabelCite. This Court of Final Appeal judgment was delivered on 18 February 2016 before Ribeiro PJ, Tang PJ, Chan NPJ, Stock NPJ, Lord Collins of Mapesbury NPJ.

Costs – application for certificate for three counsel – no point of great and general importance – no unusual complexity – application refused. Leung Wing Yi Asther (Petitioner/Appellant) and Leung Lun Ping (Intervener/Appellant) appealed from a District Court determination of a preliminary issue in matrimonial ancillary relief. The Court of Final Appeal dismissed the appeals and ordered costs to the respondent. The respondent applied for a certificate that his appearance was fit for three counsel. The Court held that there was no justification, as the case involved no issue of great importance or unusual complexity.

Legal issues: Certification for three counsel

Outcome: Application for certificate for three counsel refused.

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