Shaky signature questioned

A head injury sustained by the late tycoon Teddy Wang Teh-huei in a horse-riding accident was unlikely to explain the tremors found in his purported signatures in a 1990 will, a court heard yesterday.

Neurologist Dr Edmund Woo Kin-wai said the tremors in Teddy Wang's four purported signatures were 'most unlikely' to be related to the head injury he suffered on March 10, 1990.

Dr Woo, who is testifying as an expert witness for Teddy Wang's father, Wang Din-shin, in Mr Wang's probate battle against his daughter-in-law, Nina Wang Kung Yu-sum, said he could not find any pathological explanation for the tremors.

He said if the injury was related to the tremors, they would be expected to show a consistent pattern across the purported signatures, but that was not the case.

'It is highly unusual for such a tremor to be so mild and so selective as to minimally affect one's hand writing without any other associated clinical feature . . . ' Dr Woo said.

The court has heard Teddy Wang wrote and signed the 1990 will two days after the riding accident.

But two neurologists due to be called for Ms Wang have concluded the tremors could be attributed to the injury, the court heard.

Mr Wang claims the 1990 will, naming Ms Wang sole beneficiary, is a forgery and says his son's will dated March 15, 1968, makes him sole beneficiary.

Mr Justice David Yam Yee-kwan has to determine whether the 1990 will is genuine. The hearing continues today in the Court of First Instance.

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