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Topic

Intended administrator

Legal area

Court

15 Apr 2011

LAI MEI CHUN SWANA v. LAI CHUNG KONG AND OTHERS

Citation

LAI MEI CHUN SWANA v. LAI CHUNG KONG AND OTHERS
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ5350/2009

Court found there was a family consensus that the 1st and 2nd Defendants were intended administrators and that intended administrators owe a duty of confidence in respect of bank statements limited to estate-administration purposes; passing statements to successor intended administrators for the administration process is not a substantive breach (at most technical) and does not justify injunctive relief; the 4th Defendant breached the duty by disclosing statements without sufficient public interest justification, but there was no real prospect of future misuse so injunction and damages were n…
5 Oct 1999

Chung Yi Yuen v. Lau Koon Shing and Another

Citation

Chung Yi Yuen v. Lau Koon Shing and Another
Court

Court of Appeal
Case number

CACV46/1999

The Court of Appeal concluded that the question whether an intended administrator may institute and pursue proceedings in his own name prior to obtaining letters of administration and the correct interpretation of Order 15 rule 6A vis-à-vis section 55A is a question of great general or public importance; accordingly the court made an order under section 22(1)(b) referring the question to the Court of Final Appeal and accepted the plaintiff's undertaking to notify defendants within 24 hours of any grant of representation.