LAU KIN SHUN FREEMAN ( 劉堅信), Administrator ofestate of LAU WAI CHAU (劉維疇or “畴”), deceased v MA WAH YAN and WONG CHI LEUNG,co-administrators of the estate of LAU LEUNG CHAU(劉良騶), deceased

Read the full judgment text of HCMP 3924/1995 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 12 January 2024.

1. Lau Wai Chau ( “the Ancestor” ) died in 1933.  He had 8 sons.  During his lifetime, he had acquired, among other things, many pieces of lands in the New Territories. Shortly before his death, the Ancestor divided his lands into nine parts.  Each of the eight fongs (familial branches in the male line) was given one part.  The ninth part went to the Ancestor’s three eldest surviving sons to hold the same on trust for the Ancestor himself.

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