Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000294/1983 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 23 January 1985.
1. The plaintiff is the sole executor and trustee of the will of ERNEST AUGUST PETER CARL HARNEIK who died a resident of Hong Kong on 3rd December 1980. The will contains a number of specific legacies expressed to be "free of all duties and expenses whatsoever and wheresoever payable". By paragraph 6 of the will, the testator devised, bequeathed and appointed, the residue of his estate, which was substantial, to the plaintiff upon trust to sell, call in and convert the same into money and after