Highlights

INTRODUCTION

This seminar will introduce the audience to the requirements of a will. In this seminar, the speaker will use the court case Re Estate of Lim Por Yen (Cheung Ting Kau, Vincent v Koo Siu Ying and Ling Meng Chu, Pearl) HCAP4/2011 decided on 11 April 2025 to illustrate how wills may be challenged in court. Therefore, people who wish to write a will need to pay particular attention.

In this context, the speaker will address foreign issues, as people are increasingly mobile these days.

Outline

Part A – Wills & Probate

• What is a will?
• Propounding Wills
  1. Execution of Wills
     • Purpose of Formalities
  2. Testamentary Capacity
  3. Knowledge & Approval
  4. Rationality  
• Case Study
  • Re Estate of Lim Por Yen (Cheung Ting Kau, Vincent v Koo Siu Ying and Ling Meng Chu, Pearl) HCAP4/2011; decided on 11 April 2025
• Revocation of Wills

Part B – Foreign Elements

• International Wills
• Notarial Authentication of Wills

Q&A

Note: No video playback will be available.

Speaker(s)

Mr. Samuel Li, Notary Public, and Solicitor, is the Sole Proprietor of Samuel Li & Co., Solicitors & Notaries.

Samuel now focuses on notarial practices. In the preceding 30 years as a Hong Kong Notary Public, he has an excellent track record in providing notarial services to clients including overseas government, and world's leading brand companies. More than 70 countries and regions on world's 5 continents have accepted Samuel's notarised documents. Samuel has given 72 seminars to professionals to demonstrate notarial practice, with total audience exceeding 4,200. Samuel is the author of the soon released notarial book named "Notarial Services in Hong Kong: General Principles, Values and Practice". Samuel has received 14 Pro Bono Legal Services Awards & Professional Volunteer Service Awards respectively from the Home Affairs Bureau of the HKSAR, The Law Society of Hong Kong and Hong Kong Council of Volunteering in recognition of his promoting legal knowledge and professional volunteering services to the public. In 2014, Samuel was nominated by the Hong Kong Law Society to participate in the Second Leadership Bauhinia Volunteer Award Selection organized by the Agency for Volunteer Service.