Re Harmes, Hinkson v Canada Permanent Trust Company

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Judgment Date1946
Year1946
Date1946
CourtPrivy Council
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12 cases
  • Khaw Cheng Bok and Others v Khaw Cheng Poon and Others
    • Malaysia
    • High Court (Malaysia)
    • 1 January 1998
  • Nina Kung v Wang Din Shin
    • Hong Kong
    • Court of Final Appeal (Hong Kong)
    • 16 September 2005
    ...of testamentary capacity; and, (c) the testator knew and approved of the contents of the will. (Barry v Butlin (above); Harmes v Hinkson [1946] 3 DLR 497 174. In the present case, the dispute is as to whether Mr Wang executed the 1990 Will. There is no dispute as to Mr Wang’s testamentary c......
  • Tao Shen Jong v Yung Sau Lan Shirley
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • 21 March 2014
    ...of testamentary capacity; and, (c) the testator knew and approved of the contents of the will. (Barry v Butlin (above); Harmes v Hinkson [1946] 3 DLR 497 114. Mr Wong for the defendant referred to Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks, Executors, Administrators and Probate (20th edn) at para 13-03 ......
  • Chan Wan Yee v Chan To Fun
    • Hong Kong
    • High Court (Hong Kong)
    • 31 July 2014
    ...of testamentary capacity; and, (c) the testator knew and approved of the contents of the will. (Barry v Butlin (above); Harmes v Hinkson [1946] 3 DLR 497 22. Mummery J had also said in Hawkes v Burgess [2013] EWCA Civ 74 at paragraph 60: “My concern is that the courts should not too readily......
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1 books & journal articles
  • A TALE OF TWO CAPACITIES
    • Singapore
    • Singapore Academy of Law Journal No. 2022, March 2022
    • 1 March 2022
    ...Nina Kung v Wang Din Shin (2005) 8 HKCFAR 387 at [173], per Ribeiro PJ, citing Barry v Butlin (1838) 2 Moo PC 480 and Harmes v Hinkson [1946] 3 DLR 497 (PC). 10 Williams, Mortimer & Sunnucks — Executors, Administrators and Probate (Alexander Learmonth et al gen eds) (Sweet & Maxwell, 21st E......

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