Read the full judgment text of CACV 99/2012 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 February 2013.
1. The petitioner wife (‘wife’) commenced divorce proceedings in the Hong Kong Family Court in October 2010. Poon J, on the respondent husband’s (‘husband’) application, permanently stayed the Hong Kong proceedings in favour of Germany by reason of forum non conveniens . The judgment, however, provides that the stay is without prejudice to the wife to take out an application under Part IIA of the Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance , Cap. 192 (‘the MPPO ’) after the conclusion of the
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