23 Aug 2007
RE CTK
- Citation
- RE CTK
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP764/2007
Although the court was satisfied that CTK is mentally incapacitated for the purposes of Part II MHO, the application to appoint a committee was refused because (i) the medical evidence contained material uncertainty and suggested some preserved faculties relevant to decision-making, (ii) the estate and funds available are modest and unlikely to sustain protracted litigation, (iii) the Official Solicitor did not support appointment to litigate given weak prospects and resource constraints, (iv) appointing relatives from one camp would be undesirable where family dispute exists, and (v) imminen…