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Burial and ashes
  • 15 Jan 2016

    MARK HO YIN v. LEUNG SEK LUN ALLEN

    Citation
    MARK HO YIN v. LEUNG SEK LUN ALLEN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP87/2015

    Separate administrations for Hong Kong and Australia must be respected; costs incurred in administration of the Australian estate (including HK$281,513.61 legal fee) are not deductible from the Hong Kong estate; Hong Kong court will not compel production or verification of Australian administration accounts absent the statutory jurisdiction or applicable exception; section 8A Cap.73 requires that the surviving spouse's beneficial interests under foreign intestacy law be brought into account to diminish the Hong Kong net sum; the surviving spouse's right to burial predominates and no injunctio…