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  • 7 May 2007

    CHEUNG MAN YU v. LAU YUEN CHING AND OTHERS

    Citation
    CHEUNG MAN YU v. LAU YUEN CHING AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of Appeal
    Case number
    CACV213/2006

    The Court held that the evidence (notably the 1932-33 donation books and contemporaneous conduct) established that the Lin Fat Tong was a charitable trust for the advancement of religion/public worship from the 1930s; the funds later held in company/bank accounts were trust property held for that charity; the applicant was a trustee or quasi-trustee and had locus standi to seek disclosure and the deposit of the funds; accordingly the substantive appeal was allowed and the court ordered disclosure and deposit in terms of para (a) of the originating summons, with liberty to apply as to other re…