14 Oct 2024
CHIU MEI CHERRY v. YIP NGAN YUK AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- [2024] HKCFI 2824
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCAP36/2023
On the evidence the plaintiff established the constituent elements to propound the July 2022 will: an experienced solicitor took instructions and explained the will, and an independent contemporaneous psychiatric assessment confirmed testamentary capacity and understanding. The defendants failed to raise any credible triable issues on capacity, knowledge and approval, undue influence, or other grounds; the presumption of knowledge/approval applied and was not rebutted. Accordingly the court entered summary judgment for the plaintiff and pronounced the July 2022 will (dated 26 July 2022) in so…