23 Jul 2008
RE NG SHIU FAN
- Citation
- RE NG SHIU FAN
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCB1201/1998
The Benefits were a present chose in action constituting property under Cap.6 and vested in the Official Receiver on appointment under s.58; s.85(3) Cap.279's prohibition on assignment/attachment does not, in ordinary meaning, prevent statutory vesting and contains no express exclusion of vesting by operation of law; post-bankruptcy contributions increase the value of rights already vested in the trustee and are not after-acquired property; equitable restitution under Ex parte James is inapplicable because the bankrupt assumed the legal risk and failed to prove causation that, but for legal a…