BT AND CBY (FORMERLY KNOWN AS YHK AND ALSO KNOWN AS YCB)

[2020] HKCFA 35 Court of Final Appeal 12 November 2020 • FAMV121/2020 • 11 min read

3 cases cited (0 HK, 3 foreign) Cited by 1 case

Outcome

Application dismissed

We accordingly dismissed the application with costs.

Source: [2020] HKCFA 35, Court of Final Appeal, decided 12 November 2020. Read directly from the judgment.

Practice Areas

Family & Divorce

Judges (3)

Cheung Coram Fok Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (7)

S.Y. Wong & Co Firm Wan and Leung Firm Anita Yip Counsel Respondent Benjamin Lam Counsel Petitioner Eric Leung Counsel Respondent Peter Barnes Counsel Petitioner Richard Todd Counsel Petitioner

Parties (2)

Bt Petitioner Cby Respondent

Summary

A divorce case in which the husband applied for leave to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal regarding his obligation to pay a lump sum of $26 million to his former wife. The key issue was whether the Court of Appeal erred in affirming the lump sum order and dismissing his appeal. The application for leave to appeal was dismissed.

Statutes Cited

Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal Ordinance

s 22(1)(b)

Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)

Cases Cited (3)

HK (3)

[2017] 1 HKLRD 823 [2019] HKFC 170 [2020] HKCA 426

Cited By (1)

[2025] HKCA 783

LCH V. WPSN

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 1 later judgment. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2025] HKCA 783 Court of Appeal

27 August 2025