Read the full judgment text of CACV 000406/2002 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 25 March 2003 before Hon Woo JA and Cheung JA.
Civil Appeal – Maintenance Pending Suit – Legal Fees – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance – Consent Order – Variation – Discretion – Husband appealed variation of consent order increasing interim maintenance to include $20,000 monthly for wife's legal costs – Whether legal fees constitute maintenance pending suit under s.3 Ordinance; Whether judge erred in varying consent order; Whether $20,000 sum was arbitrary – Appeal dismissed; costs order nisi against husband; undertakings recorded.
Legal issues: Interpretation of maintenance pending suit · Discretion to vary consent order · Arbitrariness of quantum
Outcome: Appeal dismissed