Read the full judgment text of FCMC 1157/2021 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 30 November 2021 before HH Judge C.K. Chan.
Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance Pending Suit – Legal Costs Provision – Reasonableness and Fairness – Financial Resources – Ability to Pay – District Court – JLJ v MMGH – Wife applied for interim maintenance and legal costs provision – Court applied broad-brush approach to assess reasonableness and fairness – Wife’s income from properties and liabilities considered – Husband’s salary, bonus and dividends assessed – Court ordered Husband to pay monthly MPS of HK$58,000 including legal costs provision – Backdated legal costs provision of HK$160,000 awarded – Wife awarded costs of application.
Outcome: MPS application granted. Husband ordered to pay monthly MPS and legal costs provision.
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