Fung shui master Tony Chan Chun-chuen is fighting to get a third chance to claim the HK$100billion fortune of the late Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum.
In a 90-minute hearing yesterday, his lawyers asked the Court of Appeal for leave to bring his case before the Court of Final Appeal. The court reserved judgment.
On February 14 this year, Chan lost his second attempt to claim the money after what the Court of Appeal termed a 'thoroughly dishonest case' to wrest Wang's estate from the Chinachem Charitable Foundation.
The court reaffirmed the Court of First Instance's finding that a 2006 will bequeathing Chan the entire estate was a forgery.
Chan's lawyers argued yesterday that he was entitled to appeal to the Court of Final Appeal 'as of right' because the sum under dispute was more than HK$1 million.
Anderson Chow Ka-ming SC, for Chan, also argued that leave to appeal to the highest court should be granted because the probate attracted enormous public attention. And, he said, the Court of Appeal's finding that the 2006 will was forged had serious implications for Chan, who was entitled to ask the top court to rule on the matter.