16 Jan 2026
LEUNG KAR HIN ROSS v. MA LAI FONG
- Citation
- [2026] HKCFI 383
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2304/2025
Although the executor under the Will is the starting person entitled to possession, the court departed from that starting point because overwhelming circumstances favoured the surviving spouse: Mother had capacity, a 62‑year relationship evidencing knowledge of the deceased's Soka Gakkai wishes, and credible concerns existed about exclusion and unexplained withdrawals that risked irreparable deprivation of Mother's opportunity to attend and conduct proper Soka Gakkai funeral rites; accordingly the court ordered that Mother take possession and arrange the funeral, with costs to Mother on a nis…