IN THE ESTATE of CHING SIU WAI (程少偉) late of Flat B, 4th Floor, Hillview Apartment, 46 Kadoorie Avenue, Kowloon, Hong Kong, Retired Merchant, deceased.

Read the full judgment text of HCAP 000168/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 5 December 1997.

1. This is an application for limited grant by Shirley Wai Man Hsu ("Hsu"), the Caveator to pursue a claim against one Leonora Chen ("Chen") in respect of a sum of about $12 million transferred by the Deceased to Chen before his death. Hsu alleged the said sum was given to Chen as trust money for the settlement of the Deceased's medical expenses, funeral and testamentary expenses and Estate Duty. Chen had already paid the Estate Duty on the said sum as she said it was a cash gift given by the De