NG LAI LING WINNIE AS THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DUNG WAI MAN, DECEASED AND ANOTHER V. NG YUK PUI KELLY

[2021] HKCFA 40 Court of Final Appeal 9 November 2021 • FAMV345/2021 • 19 min read
8 cases cited (0 SG, 8 foreign)

Practice Areas

Conveyancing and Property Ordinance

Judges (3)

Chan Coram Fok Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (6)

Li & Partners Firm Woo Kwan Lee & Lo Firm Anthony Ismail Counsel Plaintiff Justin Ismail Counsel Plaintiff Lawrence K F Ng Counsel Defendant Victor T S Lui Counsel Defendant

Parties (7)

Ng Lai Ling Winnie as Defendant Sino Leading Limited Defendant The Estate of Ng Bing Kuen, Deceased (represented by Ng Kwok Wah Vincent) Defendant Ng Kwok Keung, James Defendant Ng Kwok Wah, Vincent Defendant Ng Lai Ling, Winnie Defendant Ng Yuk Pui Kelly Plaintiff

Summary

Ng Lai Ling Winnie, as executor of a deceased's estate, applied for leave to appeal in a dispute over the beneficial ownership of shares in a company holding valuable property. The key issues involved estoppel by convention and the principles governing beneficial interests in family company shares. Leave to appeal was refused.

Statutes Cited

Conveyancing and Property Ordinance (Cap 219)
s 3(1)

Cases Cited (8)

UK (5)
[1963] 2 QB 169 [1976] AC 536 [1991] Ch 448 [1992] Ch 421 [2019] 1 WLR 637
HK (3)
(2009) 12 HKCFAR 1 [2019] HKCFI 210 [2021] HKCA 724

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2021] HKCFA 40)