7 May 2015
CHEN TEK YEE AND OTHERS v. CHAN MOON SHING AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CHEN TEK YEE AND OTHERS v. CHAN MOON SHING AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA954/2010
The court found on the facts that the deceased repeatedly promised Chen and her daughters a permanent home and their expenditure and occupation constituted detrimental reliance on that contractual licence; those assurances and conduct gave rise to a constructive trust protecting life sole and exclusive occupation of the Property in favour of Chen, Lin and Wendy and that Chan and Ng, having notice and having purchased at a reduced price, were bound by that trust; accordingly the declaration of life occupation was granted while the claim that Chen was beneficial owner of the 50% share was dismi…