IN THE ESTATE of Lai, Dennis (黎德望, the “Deceased”), late of Flat C, 12thFloor, Tower 2, Sorrento, No. 1 Austin Road West, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong (the “Estate”)

Read the full judgment text of HCAP 44/2023 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 3 June 2025.

1. This is the Defendant (“D”)’s appeal against the Order of Master KH Hui (“the Master”) dated 6 December 2024, by which the Master dismissed D’s summons for security for costs issued on 30 July 2024. It is trite that an appeal from a master’s decision to a judge in chambers is a de novo hearing. Subject to the restriction in Order 58 rule 1(5), the hearing before me is an actual rehearing as if the application came before me for the first time. [1] Accordingly, I would deal with D’s appeal by

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