6 Jul 2018
LEUNG WING HONG v. LEUNG YIU CHO, THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF LEUNG KAM WAH, THE DECEASED
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 1486
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1473/2014
The Court appointed Mr Alfred Ip as independent administrator because he had more relevant estate administration experience and offered a voluntary fee cap; the costs and fees for preparation of the Inventory are part of administration costs and therefore borne by the Estate; defendant's unexplained failure to comply with the prior order and the resulting delay justified an order that defendant personally pay plaintiff's costs of restoring the originating summons on an indemnity basis; the Order 45 summons was unnecessary in the circumstances and its costs were ordered to follow the event (pl…