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Order for sale and distribution
  • 28 Jul 2022

    Ooi Kim Geik 1. ) Ng Kim Pin 2. ) Lim Peng Seng

    Citation
    BA-22NCvC-70-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)
    Court
    High Court
    Case number
    BA-22NCvC-70-02/2020 (Mahkamah Tinggi)

    On the balance of probabilities the deceased intended to gift the 2/3 shares to the defendants rather than to have them held on resulting trust; contemporaneous and subsequent conduct (deceased's consolidation excluding the subject property, probate listing estate as 1/3, defendants' conduct in transferring other lands back without payment, absence of contemporaneous written trust instrument or instruction, unreliable diary entries and other documents) support gift; no unconscionability established to found a constructive trust; therefore defendants are registered and beneficial owners of the…