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Hong Kong Case Law

Jurisdiction of probate court
  • 22 Sept 2023

    FUNG YUEN LUN v. FUNG CHUI YING

    Citation
    [2023] HKCFI 2324
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAP1/2020

    Under s33 the court removed the defendant as executrix because her prolonged inactivity, dilatory conduct, failure to render accounts and unexplained nearly ten year delay in applying for probate demonstrated a dereliction of duty that endangered proper administration and warranted replacement in the welfare interests of the beneficiaries; the plaintiff was appointed as replacement and ordered vested with estate property with ancillary orders for inventory, account and costs.