LAU KIN SHUN FREEMAN, ADMINISTRATOR OF ESTATE OF LAU WAI CHAU, DECEASED V. THE ESTATE OF LAU YU HI, DECEASED AND OTHERS (and 1 other)

[2024] HKCFI 175 Court of First Instance 12 January 2024 • HCMP3209/1996; HCMP3924/1995 • 43 min read

7 cases cited (0 HK, 7 foreign) Cited by 2 cases

Judges (1)

H. Au-Yeung Coram

Counsel (11)

C S Chan & Co Firm Chui & Lau Firm Ernest Tang, Solicitors Firm Hau, Lau, Li & Yeung Firm Philip Chan & Co Firm Adrian But Counsel Plaintiff Albert Yau Counsel Defendant Chester Kwan Counsel Defendant Iverson Wong Counsel Plaintiff Leo Wong Counsel Defendant Matthew Choi Counsel Defendant

Parties (5)

Chui Pak Ming Defendant LAU KIN SHUN FREEMAN ( ), Administrator of estate of LAU WAI CHAU (or “”), deceased Plaintiff Lau Yu Shing Defendant Lau Yue Sum and Lau Yue Ting, Co-Administrators of the estate of Lau Pang Shi, deceased Defendant Ma Wah Yan and Wong Chi Leung, co-administrators of the estate of Lau Leung Chau, deceased Defendant

Statutes Cited

New Territories Ordinance

s 15

Cases Cited (7)

UK (4)

[1910] 1 Ch 239 [1954] 1 WLR 1489 [1969] 1 WLR 1775 [1997] 4 All ER 907

AU (1)

[2003] NSWSC 508

HK (2)

[2000] 1 HKLRD 924 [2022] HKDC 993

Cited By (2)

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Citation influence

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