Derecho Internacional Mondaq - Hong Kong Law Articles in English (2008)
Mr Fun-Kuen Au, Alan T.S. Yip and Sally M.M. Tsoi - Mayer Brown JSM
Extract
Caution to Majority Owners in Their Compulsory Sale Applications
Originally published 11 June 2010
Keywords: Hong Kong, compulsory sale applications, Lands Tribunal, The Court of Appeal expressed its reservation on the correctness of the tests formulated by the Lands Tribunal relating to the meaning of "age" and "state of repair" of the building under the Land (Compulsory Sale for Redevelopment) Ordinance (Cap.545) (the "Ordinance"). In a recent Court of Appeal judgment in Fineway Properties Limited v Sin Ho Yuen Victor, the Administrator of the Estate of Sin Yat CACV 95/2009 (handed down on 28 May 2010), the Court of Appeal h...See the full content of this document