Read the full judgment text of CACV 41/2020 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 8 February 2021.
1. This appeal concerns the power of the courts under the Enduring Powers of Attorney Ordinance Cap 501 (“the Ordinance”) regarding the production and auditing of accounts by an attorney upon the death of the donor. As we shall explain below, the statutory power is different in nature from the common law power of the courts to order an account to be rendered by an agent to a principal. The purpose of the statutory power is to facilitate the courts, if circumstances so warranted, to take necessar
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