Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Declaration of identity

Legal area

Court

18 Jan 2024

RE LARRY FEIGN

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 270
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2466/2023

The court was satisfied the applicant had a real interest and that the Certificate of Registered Particulars together with the statutory declaration supported a targeted declaratory judgment confirming that the names lodged on 26 July 1985 were amended on 25 September 2003 as recorded; exercising its discretion the court granted the declaration limited to that factual change and made no further orders.
22 Oct 2015

LIN CHAORAN v. LAM CHIU CHUEN, THE SOLE EXECUTOR NAMED IN THE WILL OF LAM SHEK KEUNG , DECEASED

Citation

LIN CHAORAN v. LAM CHIU CHUEN, THE SOLE EXECUTOR NAMED IN THE WILL OF LAM SHEK KEUNG , DECEASED
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2681/2014

On the uncontested evidence that the plaintiff's Chinese name is 林超然 and that he is a son of the deceased, and given the defendant's consent, the court found the plaintiff to be the person named in the Will despite differing English transliterations and exercised its discretion to grant the declaratory relief.