25 Oct 1989
IP (OR YIP) CHEUNG (OR CHIANG) KWOK AND ANOTHER v. IP SIU BUN AND OTHERS
- Citation
- IP (OR YIP) CHEUNG (OR CHIANG) KWOK AND ANOTHER v. IP SIU BUN AND OTHERS
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV79/1988
The court held that although a claimant who asserts he is the sole beneficiary of an intestate settlor lacks a present proprietary interest in specific estate assets and would not be entitled in his personal capacity to declarations binding absent personal representatives, the High Court had jurisdiction and discretion to appoint the claimant under Order 15 r 15 to represent the settlor's estate for the purposes of the proceedings; the proceedings were irregular but not void ab initio, the representation order was valid in the circumstances, and the Bank's late ground H challenging the order…