Read the full judgment text of FCMC 8460/2012 on BabelCite. This Family Court judgment was delivered on 25 June 2013 before Deputy District Judge Pang.
Maintenance Pending Suit – Legal Costs – Currey test – Matrimonial Proceedings and Property Ordinance – District Court – Custody – Family Funds – Whether wife has difficulty meeting costs – No; no undisclosed assets – Whether Legal Aid applicable – No; family funds available – Whether skeleton bill necessary – No; amount reasonable – Application granted – Husband ordered to pay HK$58,000 per month for legal costs – Costs of application to husband
Legal issues: Whether the wife has difficulty in meeting her legal costs at all; Whether she has undisclosed assets that she can reasonably deploy or she can borrow with or without security · Whether the wife may well be covered by a Sears Tooth arrangement in respect of her legal costs with the solicitors · Legal Aid · Skeleton bill · The husband’s ability to pay
Outcome: Application granted. Husband ordered to pay maintenance pending suit for legal costs.
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