30 Mar 2010
RE WU YEE LAI
- Citation
- RE WU YEE LAI
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAG9657/2005
The application was procedurally defective and evidence of foreign law inadmissible in the form presented: evidence on foreign law must be by affidavit of a suitably qualified expert (Rule 18 NCPR); where the deceased was domiciled outside Hong Kong an ex‑parte order under Rule 29 must be obtained in accordance with Practice Direction 20.1 (Part II) using the Specified Forms before or concurrently with an application for grant; unexplained delay and failure to comply with requisitions justified directions to withdraw and refile properly.
- Rule 29 ncpr (deceased domiciled outside hong kong)
- Rule 18 ncpr (evidence of foreign law)
- Practice direction 20.1 (ex‑parte procedure and specified forms)
- Qualification of expert evidence
- Case management and delay