15 Dec 2010
RE CHEUNG HUNG
- Citation
- RE CHEUNG HUNG
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAG12943/2009
The Probate Registry has jurisdiction under the NCPR and s36 to raise requisitions about facts relevant to priority and suitability of an applicant for grant; the Registrar must exercise discretion judicially and may accept documentary evidence or answers by correspondence where sufficient, but may require supplemental affirmation where clarification or sworn evidence is necessary. Applying those principles, the court set aside the outstanding requisition concerning the disinherited spouse given production of the decree absolute and set aside requisitions regarding the grandchildren where bir…