TANG KUN NIN TONY, IP WAI CHEUNG,and TANG FUK WO, MANAGERS OF HUNG SHING TEMPLE v THE PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF CHENG WAI FONG, deceased

Read the full judgment text of HCMP 1253/2017 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 11 August 2017.

1. This is the renewed application of the plaintiff for leave to appeal to the Court of Appeal against the judgment of HH Judge Ko given on 23 February 2017 (“the Judgment”) after a five-day trial in September 2015. The judge dismissed the plaintiff’s claim that the defendants held three pieces of land in Fanling, New Territories (Lot Nos 1468, 2105 and 2106SBRP in DD 76; collectively “the Lots”) on trust for Hung Shing Temple (洪聖宮; “HST”), a t’ong formed in accordance with Chinese custom and wi