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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
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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