Read the full judgment text of FCMC 12511/2013 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 12 October 2018 before Deputy District Court Judge 彭家光.
Matrimonial proceedings – Ancillary relief – Leave to appeal – New evidence – Income calculation – Expenditure calculation – Property division – District Court – Ladd v Marshall principles – Costs order – Respondent applied for leave to appeal on six grounds regarding life expectancy, income, expenditure, loans, assets, and daughter's money records. Court refused leave on grounds 1, 3, 4, 5, 6 due to lack of reasonable prospect of success or inadmissibility of new evidence. Court granted leave on ground 2 regarding income calculation surplus. Costs order made.
Legal issues: Admission of new evidence regarding life expectancy · Calculation of Husband's income and surplus · Calculation of Husband's expenditure · Treatment of bank loans and stock trading · Wife's borrowing needs and asset valuation · Admission of new evidence regarding daughter's money records
Outcome: Leave to appeal granted on Ground 2; refused on Grounds 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6.