Read the full judgment text of FCMC 922/2024 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 15 May 2025 before His Honour Judge G. Own.
Matrimonial Causes – Maintenance Pending Suit – Legal Costs Provision – Reasonableness – Currey Tests – Marital Standard of Living – District Court – The Court determined the reasonable amount of Maintenance Pending Suit (MPS) and Legal Costs Provision (LCP) for the Petitioner Wife against the Respondent Husband. Issues included whether the claimed MPS budget was reasonable and whether the Wife met the Currey tests for LCP. The Court held the MPS should be HK$253,000 per month based on accommodation, general, and personal expenses reflecting the marital standard of living. The Court held the Wife met the Currey tests for LCP due to lack of deployable assets, granting HK$325,000 per month. The order was not backdated.
Legal issues: Maintenance Pending Suit Amount · Legal Costs Provision Eligibility · Backdating of MPS Order
Outcome: MPS granted at HK$253,000/month; LCP granted at HK$325,000/month; previous interim order ceased.
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