A handwriting expert who claimed Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum's will was forged had not backed up his explosive finding, a court heard yesterday.
Robert Radley's opinion about the late billionaire's signature was full of unsupported conclusions, said Ian Mill QC, barrister for fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen. 'He fails to illustrate about 50 per cent of the points he has made,' Mr Mill told a hearing in the Court of First Instance.
His comments came just three days before Mr Chan and Wang's Chinachem Charitable Foundation face off in a blockbuster trial to determine the heir to Wang's estimated HK$100 billion fortune.
The two sides have traded barbs over the issue of handwriting experts, with Chinachem accusing Mr Chan's legal team of 'expert shopping' after they decided not to use a report by their first choice of forensic examiner, Audrey Giles. Dr Giles had concluded Wang's signature on the will in Mr Chan's possession was a forgery, which mirrored the opinion of Chinachem's expert.
Mr Justice Johnson Lam Man-hon ruled yesterday that Mr Chan's legal team could call a second examiner, Australian Paul Westwood, to rebut the forgery claims.
The decision came as a blow to Chinachem, which had fought to keep Mr Westwood off the witness stand.
However, the charity could still cross-examine Mr Westwood about the other experts' forgery claims.
