The Court of Appeal re-affirms costs principles in contentious probate
In Chan Shu Lam v Chan Chau Wah [2026] HKCA 609, the Court of Appeal (Hon Poon CJHC and Keith Yeung J) refused the Plaintiff’s renewed application for leave to appeal against a costs order made after a probate trial. The trial involved two main issues: the Probate Issue - whether the Will was valid; and the Beneficial Ownership Issue - whether the Defendant had a beneficial interest in the deceased’s property. At trial, the Plaintiff succeeded on the probate issue and the D
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Members of Plowman Chambers act for the Defendant and the Prosecution in Jury Trial of Cryptocurrency related Offences, with the Defendant Acquitted of all Charges.
In a recent jury trial before the Court of First Instance (HCCC 50/2024), the Defendant faced multiple counts arising from alleged access to the computer systems of Huobi Global Limited （火幣交易平台）and a further count concerning the dealing with 4,999,995 Tether tokens said to represent proceeds of an indictable offence. The Defendant was charged with six counts of access to a computer with criminal or dishonest intent / obtaining access to a computer with a view to dishonest gai
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