Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Passing over

Legal area

Court

19 Sept 2024

CHEN QUNYING v. YEUNG WING YAN

Citation

[2024] HKCFI 2513
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP555/2023

Defendant had no valid grounds to oppose the plaintiff who as surviving wife had statutory priority; defendant unreasonably contested, rejected a reasonable Open Offer and only accepted terms after the court intervention; her conduct amounted to abuse of process and unjustifiably increased costs. Accordingly the defendant must bear the plaintiff's costs of the action on an indemnity basis; summary assessment on paper with fixed lodgement and payment timelines ordered.
21 Jul 2021

NG YEUK CHU WINNIE v. NG SUNG KUI AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2021] HKCFI 2116
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1259/2020

Although the defendants intermeddled with estate assets and did not follow statutory procedures precisely, there was no evidence of dishonest misappropriation and the assets were accounted for and available; given the simple nature of the estate, the 1st defendant's residence in Hong Kong, his familiarity with the deceased's affairs and majority beneficiary support, the court exercised its discretion under s36 PAO to appoint the 1st defendant as sole administrator.