By Alfred Ip, Partner, Notary Public and CEDR Accredited Mediator

Applications for Probate and Letters of Administration often require production of a number of public documents in order to prove the applicant’s entitlement, such as Certificates of Birth, Death, Marriage and Adoption.

The Hong Kong Probate Registry requires such documents to be properly authenticated if they are issued by foreign authority, in order to ensure their authenticity.

By Alfred Ip, Partner, Notary Public and CEDR Accredited Mediator

Any person who deals with a part of the estate of a deceased person which is not set out in the schedule or additional schedule annexed to a grant of probate made in respect of the estate commits an offence (section 60J of the Probate and Administration Ordinance, Cap.10).