Read the full judgment text of FCMC 9062/2015 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 8 February 2017 before Deputy District Judge PANG.
Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance Pending Suit – Variation – Legal Costs – Change of Circumstances – Ability to Work – Rental Income – District Court. Whether respondent entitled to upward adjustment of MPS due to loss of rental income from Shop 9 and increased income of petitioner. Whether respondent entitled to legal costs provisions from petitioner. Held: MPS varied; petitioner to pay extra HK$10,000 per month for 6 months as respondent expected to secure employment and Shop 9 presumed rentable. Legal costs application dismissed as respondent could borrow from 1st Intervener and petitioner could not afford further debt. Costs reserved.
Legal issues: Variation of Maintenance Pending Suit · Legal costs provisions
Outcome: MPS varied upwards; Legal costs application dismissed.
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