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Hong Kong Case Law

Executors de son tort / intermeddling
  • 7 Apr 2011

    WANG MEI NA v. TANG MU LIEN AND OTHERS

    Citation
    WANG MEI NA v. TANG MU LIEN AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA421/2010

    The judge found on the evidence that the 1st to 3rd defendants had usurped the estate's rights as holder of 99.8% of Bowdex and acted as intermeddlers/executors de son tort; the plaintiff as beneficiary therefore had sufficient interest and there was a real risk of further depletion justifying appointment of interim receivers to preserve the estate; the defendants had no reasonable prospect of success on appeal under s14AA and leave was refused; the stay was refused and the costs order nisi was maintained requiring the 1st to 7th defendants to pay the plaintiff's costs (certificate for three…