{"id":820,"date":"2023-07-19T13:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T05:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/?p=820"},"modified":"2023-09-08T02:41:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-07T18:41:22","slug":"district-court-applied-new-test-of-illegality-pronounced-by-court-of-appeal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/en\/district-court-applied-new-test-of-illegality-pronounced-by-court-of-appeal\/","title":{"rendered":"District Court applied new test of illegality pronounced by Court of Appeal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_1913062042\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-1482396480\" class=\"text breadcrumb\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><span style=\"color: #627A80;\nfont-family: Merriweather;\nfont-size: 13px;\nfont-style: normal;\nfont-weight: 400;\nline-height: 150%; \/* 19.5px *\/\nletter-spacing: 0.39px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/\">Home<\/a> \/ <a href=\"\/news\/\">News<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n<style>\n#section_1913062042 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n  padding-bottom: 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/section>\n\t\n\t<section class=\"section news-detail-section\" id=\"section_1592852684\">\n\t\t<div class=\"bg section-bg fill bg-fill  bg-loaded\" >\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"section-content relative\">\n\t\t\t\n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-2050500235\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1830459833\" class=\"col medium-12 small-12 large-12\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div id=\"text-2428067302\" class=\"text h3\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>District Court applied new test of illegality pronounced by Court of Appeal<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-446220437\" class=\"text h5\">\n\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Leung Ching Wai v (D1) Li Yun Lim, the sole executor of the estate of Ng Bo Chuen, Deceased &amp; (D2) Li Yun Lim<\/strong><\/p>\n\t\t\n<style>\n#text-446220437 {\n  font-size: 1.25rem;\n  text-align: left;\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n#text-446220437 > * {\n  color: #003d4c;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div id=\"text-473279168\" class=\"text txt-bold\">\n\t\t\n\n<p>19 July 2023<\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\n\t<div class=\"img has-hover x md-x lg-x y md-y lg-y\" id=\"image_341511566\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img-inner dark\" >\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1020\" height=\"574\" src=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide6-1024x576.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide6-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide6-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide6-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide6-18x10.png 18w, https:\/\/simonsochambers.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Slide6.png 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1020px) 100vw, 1020px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<style>\n#image_341511566 {\n  width: 100%;\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"gap-2041322261\" class=\"gap-element clearfix\" style=\"display:block; height:auto;\">\n\t\t\n<style>\n#gap-2041322261 {\n  padding-top: 0px;\n}\n@media (min-width:550px) {\n  #gap-2041322261 {\n    padding-top: 40px;\n  }\n}\n<\/style>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n<p>District Court applied the landmark Court of Appeal decision in \ud835\udc74\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc95 \ud835\udc70\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc97\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc94\ud835\udc95\ud835\udc8e\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc95 \ud835\udc73\ud835\udc95\ud835\udc85 [2023] HKCA 479 (which found in favour of the UK Supreme Court\u2019s approach in \ud835\udc77\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc95\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8d \ud835\udc97 \ud835\udc74\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc93\ud835\udc9b\ud835\udc82 [2017] AC 467 instead of the \u201creliance\u201d test under \ud835\udc7b\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc94\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc9a \ud835\udc97 \ud835\udc74\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc8d\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc88\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc8f [1994] 1 AC 340) and entered judgement in favour of the Plaintiff.<\/p>\n<p>The Plaintiff, who was an ex-girlfriend of D2, contributed to the renovation and mortgage payment of a public housing estate (\u201cthe Flat\u201d) purchased under the \u201cGreen Form\u201d mechanism in the name of D1, who was the paternal grandmother of D2 (\u201cthe Deceased\u201d). By a will, the Deceased left the Flat to D2. The Plaintiff commenced the present action on the basis of, inter alia, purchase money resulting trust and unjust enrichment.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy District Judge Frances Lok considered the Defendants&#8217; version to be \u201cunreliable\u201d: \u00a725(1), \u201centirely incredible\u201d: \u00a731(5), and \u201cincoherent [and] inconsistent\u201d: \u00a736(1). Having considered the evidence unfolded, the Judge found that the Deceased held 28.608% of the Flat on resulting trust for the Plaintiff: \u00a743. After giving due consideration of \ud835\udc74\ud835\udc90\ud835\udc8f\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc95 (which affirms \ud835\udc77\ud835\udc82\ud835\udc95\ud835\udc86\ud835\udc8d \ud835\udc97 \ud835\udc74\ud835\udc8a\ud835\udc93\ud835\udc9b\ud835\udc82 [2017] AC 467), the Judge ruled that the Plaintiff\u2019s unjust enrichment claim should be allowed even if the resulting trust claim fails: \u00a785.<\/p>\n<p>Simon So represented the plaintiff (assigned by the Legal Aid Department) in the 4-day trial as sole advocate. 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