[2026] HKCA 1036Court of Appeal6 Jul 2026Family
The petitioner wife ("W") and respondent husband ("H") married for over 25 years, had divorce proceedings commenced in 2013, and obtained decree nisi in 2015. At the first financial dispute resolution ("FDR") hearing on 15 March 2017 before Principal Family Judge Bruno Chan, the parties negotiated a memorandum of settlement ("Memorandum"). The 1st FDR Judge adjourned the hearing at 4:32 pm and urged the parties to settle "within this building" before leaving. The parties signed the Memorandum later that afternoon inside the court building (§4). Five days later, W repudiated it on the ground that it made insufficient provision for the children (§5).