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Ink dating reliability
  • 21 Nov 2002

    WANG DIN SHIN v. NINA KUNG

    Citation
    WANG DIN SHIN v. NINA KUNG
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCAP8/1999

    On the cumulative assessment the Court found the 1990 documents forged; independent forensic handwriting evidence established the deceased and witness signatures were not genuine and the defendant was probable author of parts of the documents; the ink‑dating evidence (Dye‑ratio with accelerated aging) was methodologically unreliable and rejected; probate of the 1968 will in solemn form granted; stay refused; costs awarded to plaintiff largely on indemnity and to be paid from the deceased estate.