Read the full judgment text of FCMC 13081/2024 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 7 November 2025 before 區域法院暫委法官李家樂.
Family law – child custody – care and control – access – leave to appeal – District Court Ordinance s.63A(2) – New Arrangements for Applications for Leave to Appeal in the Family Court – Social Welfare Officer report – discretion of original judge – reasonable prospect of success – no order as costs. Father applied for leave to appeal against judgment granting shared custody, care and control to mother and defined access to father. Court held appeal had no reasonable prospect of success as father failed to identify legal errors in original discretion. Court also held no power to replace Social Welfare Officer. Leave to appeal refused. No order as costs.
Legal issues: Procedural compliance with New Arrangements · Threshold for leave to appeal · Social Welfare Officer report and replacement · Care and access arrangements
Outcome: Leave to appeal refused.
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