14 May 1999
OVERSEAS TRUST BANK LTD. v. LEE SEE CHING JOHN AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- OVERSEAS TRUST BANK LTD. v. LEE SEE CHING JOHN AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV238/1997
The Court of Appeal concluded there was no admissible evidence to rebut the presumption of advancement; the judge below erred in relying on inadmissible or negative evidence (absence from diaries) to infer the father never intended a gift; therefore the balances in the three accounts were gifts to the son and the appeal is allowed.