CHAN WAI MING V. XIE WEIQIN AND OTHERS
18 cases cited
(0 SG, 18 foreign)
Practice Areas
Judges (3)
Counsel (7)
Summary
Estate dispute over the will of Chan Mau Chuk, where the plaintiff (son from first marriage) challenged the validity of the deceased's will leaving his estate to the defendants (second wife and children). The plaintiff argued the deceased lacked testamentary capacity and did not understand or approve the will's contents. The Court of Appeal upheld the trial judge's decision, dismissing the appeal with costs and granting a certificate for two counsel.
Statutes Cited
Rules of the High Court (Cap 4A)
Cases Cited (18)
UK (12)
[1901] AC 354 [1920] AC 349 [1927] AC 515 [1959] 1 WLR 284 [2002] 1 WLR 1097 [2004] EWCA Civ 1554 [2010] 1 WLR 2020 [2010] EWCA Civ 1430 [2010] EWCA Civ 840 [2011] Ch 270 [2011] Ch 380 [2014] EWCA Civ 280
HK (6)
(2005) 8 HKCFAR 387 [2018] 2 HKLRD 864 [2022] HKCFI 3327 [2023] 3 HKLRD 311 [2023] 6 HKC 411 [2025] HKCA 203
Judgment
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Read on HKLIISource: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 443)