A man has won a legal battle with his sister who had convinced their brother to write him out of a $3 million estate.
Tangor Ngan, also known as Mick, was born in China in 1929. In 1941 his family fled the Japanese invasion and migrated to Wellington, where he remained for the rest of his life.
Ngan lived a simple life. He never married or had children. He was a hard worker and frugal with his money. He invested his savings into properties and built up a portfolio of six flats in Newtown.
About 20 years ago, Ngan, then in his early 70s, decided he needed assistance to manage the flats.
Ngan had seven half-siblings. He chose one of them, Peter, to look after his six flats in return for receiving half the profits.
Ngan also wrote a will that required the flats to be held for six years, after which they could be sold with the proceeds split between Peter, and sisters Helen Young and Jeanne Lowe and the children of another sister.
Peter and Helen were given powers of attorney by Ngan over the flats and his home.
In the 17 years prior to Ngan’s death, Peter and his wife, Rose, had looked after Ngan’s six flats, undertaking maintenance and collecting rent, half of which would go to Ngan.
Things went along smoothly but, in around 2019, when Peter was in his seventies, he asked Helen and Jeanne to become involved in looking after the flats.
Frictions developed between Peter and Helen over how the flats should be managed and how Ngan’s estate should be split when he died.
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