DATO' AMRIT KAUR A/P MANJEET SINGH v PAVITER SINGH A/L MANJEET SINGH
Catchwords
CATCHWORDS Land law – National Land Code 1965 – ss 323, 327 – Private caveat – Removal of – Caveatable interest – Existence of – Whether defendant as executor under a valid Grant of Probate possessed caveatable interest – Competing claim by plaintiff based on alleged inter vivos gift – Validity and legal effect of deed of gift disputed – Whether property formed part of deceased’s estate – Effect of non-registration of transfer. Probate and administration – Grant of Probate – Effect of – Vesting of estate property in personal representative – Rights of executor – Duty to protect estate assets – Whether beneficiary could assert proprietary interest adverse to estate pending administration Inter vivos gift – Essential elements – Validity of – Transfer of registered land – Non-registration of transfer – Whether incomplete gift passed beneficial ownership – Whether donor divested ownership prior to death – Disputed questions of fact – Unsuitable for determination in originating summons. Practice and procedure – Originating summons – Summary determination – Scope of – Suitability for resolving complex factual disputes regarding authenticity of documents and intention of deceased – Whether appropriate forum to challenge composition of estate under subsisting Grant of Probate.
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