By Paul Firmin, Partner

We receive a lot of enquiries from prospective clients, many of whom assume simply because they got married in Hong Kong or lived in Hong Kong some time ago (but don’t live in Hong Kong anymore), that they can get divorced here.

By Paul Firmin, Partner

The recent English Court of Appeal's decision in Radmacher v. Granatino will no doubt put pressure on the Hong Kong courts to follow suit, and accept the reality of this day and age that it is “increasingly unrealistic" as Lord Justice Thorpe said, for courts to disregard pre-nuptial agreements.