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Hong Kong Case Law

Customary rights
  • 13 Jun 1995

    TANG CHO SANG WAYNE v. CHIM SIU WAH

    Citation
    TANG CHO SANG WAYNE v. CHIM SIU WAH
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA6666/1993

    The court found on the facts that the Defendant was informally adopted and treated as a son of Tang Sek Fuk, had not elected or acted so as to 'return' to the Chim family, and therefore remained entitled to succeed to the Po Sum Pai lots; accordingly the Plaintiff's claim for declaration and vesting order failed. The court declined to decide estoppel as a substantive remedy because that would require exercising a discretion inconsistent with the primary findings.