31 Mar 1999
YU CHO WAH v. HO CHI KWONG MICHAEL AND OTHERS
- Citation
- YU CHO WAH v. HO CHI KWONG MICHAEL AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1571/1998
The appeal is allowed because the appellants may have a legitimate claim to maintenance and dowry under Chinese customary law that could affect the estate; that potential proprietary interest is sufficient to require joinder under O.15 r.6(2) so the court can adjudicate the claims; accordingly leave to join the appellants as defendants is granted despite the administrator's conduct and the existence of a mortgage, as those issues do not negate the need to determine the appellants' asserted rights.