20 May 1994
HONG KONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD. AND ANOTHER v. FU CHUI YING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- HONG KONG BANK TRUSTEE LTD. AND ANOTHER v. FU CHUI YING AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1754/1993
On construction of the will in light of surrounding circumstances and contemporaneous instructions, 'Oxfam Ethopia Fund' referred to Oxfam Hong Kong (the Company) and the residuary gifts were valid gifts to the Company earmarked for its charitable work in Ethiopia; contemporaneous written instructions were admissible to resolve factual ambiguity and the falsa demonstratio principle applied to the misdescription.