26 Jul 2018
ZHAO SHAOYUAN, the executrix of the Estate of PUN HOK CHI, Deceased v. CHAN MEE LIN
- Citation
- [2018] HKCFI 1724
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP855/2018
On the available evidence (Cemetery transfer documentation, multiple affirmations from Cemetery personnel and contemporaneous nursing/consultation notes indicating the deceased expressed burial wishes and handed funeral matters to the plaintiff) the 2nd will is prima facie the deceased's last will and the plaintiff is prima facie the executrix entitled to possession of the body; the deceased's clear expressed wish to be buried in the Shenzhen Cemetery outweighs defendant's assertions and the defendant's alternate remedies are inappropriate; accordingly the plaintiff is authorised to retrieve…