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Hong Kong resulting trustpresumption of advancement

Estate of Lam Hon Keung v Lam Chi Tat Anthony & Ors

Lam Hon Keung Keith v Lam Chi Tat Anthony [2025] HKCFI 5484
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtCourt of First Instance of the High Court of the Hong Kong SAR
Year2025
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

In a dispute over beneficial ownership of shares and assets in family companies arising from inter vivos transfers, the equitable presumptions of resulting trust and of advancement operate only as default evidential starting points that may be displaced by evidence of the transferor's actual intention at the time of transfer.

Area of Law

property

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