29 Jan 2007
TANG SIU FOR v. TAO CHI SHING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- TANG SIU FOR v. TAO CHI SHING AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2336/2004
The Plaintiff proved membership by consistent and longstanding inclusion of Tangs and Yuens in rituals, contributions, rotations of duties and distributions such that they were accepted members/households of the Tong; the Tong is a communal religious/community entity (not an ancestral tso limited to Tos) and therefore the Defendants wrongfully ceased payments; managers are in fiduciary position but exceptional circumstances justified allowing defendants' costs to be borne by the Tong (would have granted Beddoe), therefore defendants must pay outstanding distributions and costs consequences fo…