IN THE MATTER OF Part II of the Mental Health Ordinance, Cap 136 (“the Ordinance”) v IN THE MATTER OF an alleged mentally incapacitated person LSY

Read the full judgment text of HCMH 134/2022 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 27 June 2025.

1. As to the identity of the committee, the court needs to take into account that the committee will be authorised to investigate the previous withdrawals from LSY’s account. The court takes note of the respondent’s submissions made based on Re A [1] . Because there is a need to investigate the state of the estate, it would be ideal to find an outside independent party, for example, an accountant, to be the committee.