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Trustee-in-bankruptcy consent
  • 12 Apr 2022

    WWGW v. CSKL AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2022] HKFC 86
    Court
    Family Court
    Case number
    FCMC10898/2019

    The wife's summons seeking a declaration that the registered owner holds the property on trust for the benefit of the Trustee-in-bankruptcy was dismissed because any interest of the wife, if vested in the trustee, is not available for ancillary relief and is therefore irrelevant to the matrimonial proceedings; the trustee's consent was restricted to engagement in the divorce itself and did not authorise the wife's third‑party claim; accordingly the wife lacked capacity to sue as she did and the District Court's jurisdiction was unclear (Practice Direction 27 not complied with).