Read the full judgment text of FCMC 13698/2013 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 13 January 2023 before District Judge S. Lo.
Matrimonial Causes – Legal costs provision – Renewed LCP Summons – District Court – Reasonableness test – Currey test – Material change in financial circumstances – Quantum of costs – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance (Cap. 192) s.3 – Whether the Wife satisfies the Currey test for legal costs provision – Whether there has been a material change to the Wife's financial circumstances – Whether the quantum of legal costs claimed is reasonable – Whether there should be an order as to costs of this application – Wife's sole asset was her home and she had been unemployed since 2009 – No material change found since Original LCP Application – Court adopted a broad-brush approach on quantum – Husband ordered to pay monthly sum of HK$100,000 for 9 months – No order as to costs of this application due to delay and inflated estimates
Legal issues: Threshold for legal costs provision · Material change in financial circumstances · Quantum of legal costs · Costs of this application
Outcome: Application granted; Husband ordered to pay monthly legal costs provision
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