16 Aug 2016
NG KONG YEAM by his next friend NG CHUNG SAN v. FARLIM GROUP (CHINA) LTD AND OTHERS
- Citation
- NG KONG YEAM by his next friend NG CHUNG SAN v. FARLIM GROUP (CHINA) LTD AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2176/2011
Given the paramount need to protect the patient’s interests, the court was entitled to accept unchallenged prima facie evidence (handwriting expert reports and statutory declaration) and admissions in related proceedings indicating forgery and unreliability by Madam Kay; those findings, together with evidence of litigious propensity, animus against family/Committee members and possible self‑interest, meant Madam Kay was not a fit and proper person to act and the Committee/Mr Ng were a more appropriate appointment; accordingly the court removed Madam Kay and permitted the Committee (through it…