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Trustee duties and conduct
  • 21 May 2008

    FRED LEE v. MA YUET SIN

    Citation
    FRED LEE v. MA YUET SIN
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCB5334/2002

    Given the settled authorities on the limited circumstances in which trustees should object to automatic discharge, the trustee's application here—relying principally on excessive borrowing and without evidence of timely investigation into alleged losses—should not have been brought; accordingly the trustee was disallowed from recouping costs from the estate and was ordered personally to pay the bankrupt's costs.