Monthly Archives: October 2021

Court Cases

(1) The sons and daughters of “Taxi Chiu” challenged the validity of second will which stated all the HK$1billion assets were inherited by a mistress of Mr Chiu. In 2013, the Court of Appeal ruled the second will was valid. ***$$$$*** (2) A house wife was convicted of money laundering...
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Order of priority for grant in case of intestacy

Rule 21 of Non-Contentious Probate Rule states that :   Where a person dies wholly intestate, the persons having a beneficial interest in the estate shall be entitled to a grant to administration in the following order of priority, namely : (i) the surviving spouse or the surviving partner or...
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