Read the full judgment text of FCMC 6268/2019 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 3 March 2020 before HH Judge C.K. Chan.
Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance Pending Suit – Legal Costs Provision – Reasonableness – Currey test – District Court – Long marriage of 29 years, combined family wealth between $40,000,000 to $50,000,000, wife housewife with no income, husband retired professor with monthly income of $87,680 – Whether wife’s claimed MPS of $60,000 per month is reasonable – Yes, adjusted to $38,000 per month based on reasonable needs – Whether wife qualifies for legal costs provision under Currey test – Yes, satisfied conditions as assets in UK not readily deployable and insufficient cash deposits – Orders: Husband to pay MPS of $38,000 per month from 1 September 2019 and lump sum of $600,000 for legal costs within 14 days
Legal issues: Maintenance Pending Suit quantum · Legal costs provision · Husband’s ability to pay
Outcome: MPS granted at $38,000 per month; Legal costs provision granted at $600,000 lump sum