RE MAN CHIU CHOI

bjbj HCMP 311/2019 [2019] HKCFI 1745 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS NO 311 OF 2019 IN THE MATTER OF Section 45 of the Trustee Ordinance (Cap. 29), Laws of Hong Kong. and IN THE MATTER OF San Tin Lot Nos. 508 and 568 and Lot No. 1585 all in Demarcation District No. 102 and Lot Nos. 776 and 883 both in Demarcation District No. 105 (the Lots collectively). _______________ BETWEEN MAN CHIU CHOI p IQ) ceedings concerned all those pieces or parcels of land registered in the Land Registry as San Tin Lot Nos 508, 568 and 1585 ( Lot508, Lot568 and Lot1585 ) all in Demarcation District No102 ( DD102 ), and Lot Nos 776 and 883 ( Lot776 and Lot883 ) both in Demarcation District No 105 ( DD105 ) (collectively, Lots ). According to the land search records in respect of the Lots, by a Block Crown Lease with lease term that commenced on 1 July 1898, (a) Lot568 in DD102 (which the applicant ( ) said was also known e FQ iz) e FQ iz) e FQ iz) e FQ iz) e FQ iz) r dated 9 June 1911 and registered in the District Land Office at Tai Po by Memorial No 16651 Man Tang Shi (mother of Man Shiu Wan deceased) inherited inter alia the Lots, (b) by a Succession dated 9 December 1953 and registered in the District Land Office in the New Territories by Memorial No 131547 Man Kit Tai inherited the Lots from Man Tang Shi, and (c) by a Succession to Property dated 16 January 1961 and registered in New Territories Administration by Memorial No 143721 ( Succession to Property ) Man Ping-kwong with Man Kau-yiu as trustee succeeded to the Lots, and thereafter Man Kau-yiu held the Lots on trust for Man Ping-kwong. The land search records of the Lots showed Man Kau-yiu as trustee became the registered owner of the Lots pursuant to an instrument dated 16 January 1961 (ie the Succession to Property), and since then Man Kau-yiu held the Lots on trust for Man Ping-kwong as beneficiary. According to a certified copy birth certificate issued on 16 March 2006, P (whose name was recorded as Man Ch e /X sO) e ]N /X) e /X sO) e ]N /X) and did not leave any personal estate except the Lots that he had held on trust for P, and his mother also died intestate. P explained that he applied for grant of Letters of Administration in respect of his father s estate in late 2005, but the High Court did not grant his application as he did not apply for leading grant in respect of his mother s estate (see letter dated 9 August 2016 by the Probate Registry to P s former solicitors S W Tai & Co). But since P s mother did not leave any estate, P did not apply for Letters of Administration in respect of her estate, so P gave up his application for grant of Letters of Administration in respect of his father s estate. Thus, the legal estate of the Lots was still not vested in him. Probate search in relation of the estate of P s mother in February 2019 returned a nil result, so P believed no Letters of Administration were granted and no personal representative was appointed in respect of his parents respective estate. On 7 March 2019, P commenced the present p e ]N /X) p IQ) p IQ) e ]N /X) e /X sO) p IQ) p WS) p WS) p WS) p WS) e ]N /X) e /X sO) ame in English. Instead, they focused on her Chinese name, which was consistent and correct. They did not notice the difference in the English spelling of their mother s surname until this was raised by the court at the hearing on 17 April 2019. 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