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1. The Plaintiff was the brother-in-law of the 2 nd named Defendant, and the 1 st named Defendant was the estranged husband of the 2 nd named Defendant. On 12 th October 2000, the Plaintiff paid a total sum of HK$767,637.44 (“the Sum”) to a number of financial institutions to pay off the debts of the Defendants owed by the Defendants to these financial institutions. The amount of debt under the name of the 1 st named Defendant was HK$549,341.71 whereas the amount under the name of the 2 nd nam