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HCAP 44/2023
[2025] HKCFI 3105
IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE
HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION
COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE
PROBATE ACTION NO 44 OF 2023
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IN THE ESTATE of Lai, Dennis (黎德望, the “Deceased”), late of Flat C, 12th Floor, Tower 2, Sorrento, No. 1 Austin Road West, Tsimshatsui, Kowloon, Hong Kong (the “Estate”) |
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BETWEEN
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LIU
KAIBANG (刘幵邦), a minor, by his
next friend and mother LIU LIJUAN (刘丽娟) |
Plaintiff |
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and
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LAI JOSEPH TAK (黎德信),
in his personal
capacity and in his capacity as the executor
of the estate of LAI DENNIS (黎德望)
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Defendant |
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Deputy High Court Judge MK Liu in Chambers (by Paper Disposal) |
| Date of Written Submissions by the Defendant: |
4 July 2025 |
| Date of Written Submissions by the Plaintiff: |
11 July 2025 |
| Date of Reply Submissions by the Defendant: |
18 July 2025 |
| Date of Decision: |
25 July 2025 |
| Date of Corrigendum: |
1 August 2025 |
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CORRIGENDUM
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Please note the following amendment in the Decision handed down on 25 July 2025:-
Page 9, paragraph 8(4): “……. If D fails and P succeeds in Part I (which means that P has raised an unreasonable challenge to P’s locus in this case), I do not see any reason why costs would not follow the event.” should read as “If D fails and P succeeds in Part I (which means that D has raised an unreasonable challenge to P’s locus in this case), I do not see any reason why costs would not follow the event.”.
Dated the 1st day of August 2025
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(Cynthia Ma)
Clerk to Deputy High Court Judge MK Liu
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