17 Mar 2017
FUNG SING WAI v. CHOW CHIU WAN AND OTHERS
- Citation
- FUNG SING WAI v. CHOW CHIU WAN AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV245/2015
The Court dismissed the appeal: Madam Chow failed to prove formal validity of the alleged December 1949 marriage (insufficient and unreliable evidence of any celebration meeting the required formalities under the law/custom of the place); even accepting arguments on capacity, the abrogation of the Civil Code and absence of proved formal compliance meant the alleged union could not be recognized for intestacy purposes; accordingly the grant of Letters of Administration to Madam Chow was properly revoked and should remain granted to the plaintiff.