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…