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Hong Kong Case Law

Appointment of executor
  • 31 Aug 2017

    黃偉堯 對 黃紅艷

    Citation
    黃偉堯 對 黃紅艷
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCCA4427/2016

    The court appointed the applicant as sole executor because on the undisputed evidence she was the fit and proper person: she maintained a close relationship with the deceased and managed his final affairs; she is financially stable and had removed potential conflicts by renouncing certain beneficial interests; the brothers’ financial instability, past bankruptcies, estrangement from the deceased and unsupported adverse allegations in affidavits undermined their suitability; the estate was not sufficiently complex to justify appointment of a professional administrator and joint administration…

  • 26 May 2014

    KONG SE PING DAVID AND OTHERS v. KONG JAMES HAN BOON

    Citation
    KONG SE PING DAVID AND OTHERS v. KONG JAMES HAN BOON
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP2173/2013

    By consent the court ordered substitution of the 1st plaintiff as executor and, under section 33(3) of the Probate and Administration Ordinance Cap.10, vested the specified estate properties in him; costs were assessed at $140,000 to be paid by the defendant and a certificate for counsel was granted.