CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH

[2025] HKCFI 2338 Court of First Instance 6 June 2025 • HCAP6/2020 • 75 min read

18 cases cited (0 HK, 18 foreign) Cited by 3 cases

Judges (1)

Counsel (5)

Cheung & Co Firm Jisp Cheung & Co, Solicitors Firm Michelle L Y Wong Counsel Plaintiff Queenie W S Ng Counsel Plaintiff Stephen Siu Counsel Defendant

Parties (3)

IN THE ESTATE OF WONG LAI KUENlate of Flat D, 8 th Floor, Kiu Yip Mansion, No. 18 Yuet Wah Street, Kowloon, Hong Kong, deceased ( “the Deceased” ) Unknown Chan Chau Wah Defendant Chan Shu Lam Plaintiff

Case Significance

CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH [2025] HKCFI 2338 was decided in the Court of First Instance on 6 June 2025. No taxonomy area or outcome summary is recorded in the brief, but the case cites LAM HUI SAI PING RINA V. WAI KEE SHUN AND OTHERS [2024] HKCFI 1025 and CHEUNG TING KAU, VINCENT V. KOO SIU YING AND ANOTHER [2025] HKCFI 1401.

Litigation between the same parties continued afterward, recorded at CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH [2025] HKCFI 3338, [2025] HKCFI 4593, and [2026] HKCA 609, the last of these before the Court of Appeal.

Did CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH [2025] HKCFI 2338 continue beyond the Court of First Instance?

Yes. The same parties are recorded in further proceedings, CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH [2025] HKCFI 3338 and [2025] HKCFI 4593 before the Court of First Instance, and [2026] HKCA 609 before the Court of Appeal, following the original decision of 6 June 2025.

Statutes Cited

Wills Ordinance

s 5

Cases Cited (18)

UK (2)

[2007] 2 AC 432 [2013] EWCA Civ 94

AU (1)

[2009] NSWCA 197

HK (15)

(2009) 12 HKCFAR 1 [2009] 5 HKLRD 513 [2012] 5 HKLRD 524 [2013] 5 HKLRD 9 [2015] 2 HKLRD 985 [2017] 4 HKLRD 327 [2018] 2 HKLRD 864 [2019] HKCA 452 [2019] HKCA 769 [2019] HKCFI 2819 [2020] 2 HKC 19 [2021] HKCFI 2018 [2023] HKCFI 1240 [2024] HKCFI 1025 [2025] HKCFI 1401

Cited By (3)

[2026] HKCA 609

CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH

[2025] HKCFI 4593

CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH

[2025] HKCFI 3338

CHAN SHU LAM V. CHAN CHAU WAH

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 3 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2025] HKCFI 3338 Court of First Instance

4 August 2025

[2025] HKCFI 4593 Court of First Instance

6 October 2025

[2026] HKCA 609 Court of Appeal

17 April 2026