SUPREMACY TRADING CO LTD v. ASIAN PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD AND ANOTHER

bjbj HCSA 56 & 57/2014 IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL APPEAL NO 56 OF 2014 (ON APPEAL FROM SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL CLAIM NO 16911 OF 2014) ____________ BETWEEN SUPREMACY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Claimant and ASIAN PROPERTY INVESTMENTS LTD 1st Defendant PEARL DRAGON INVESTMENTS LIMITED 2nd Defendant ____________ AND IN THE HIGH COURT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL APPEAL NO 57 OF 2014 (ON APPEAL FROM SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNAL CLAIM NO 22437 OF 2014) ____________ BETWEEN SUPREMACY TRADING COMPANY LIMITED Claimant and PEARL DRAGON INVESTMENTS LIMITED Defendant ____________ Before: Hon Au-Yeung J in Chambers Date of Hearing: 3 December 2014 Date of Decision: 3 December 2014 _____________ D E C I S I O N _____________ The defendants were landlord of two adjacent properties. The claimant was the tenant. The claimant sues for refund of the deposit on termination of the tenancy at a time when the new tenancy agreement was not yet delivered to her. The defendant counterclaims for damages being loss of rental for the uncompleted rental period. The claimant now seeks leave to appeal on the grounds set out in the application form. They are effectively similar for both applications for leave to appeal. In substance, the claimant s complaint is that the learned Presiding Officer erred in law in failing to consider or adequately consider the question of acceptance of the new tenancy agreement and the failure of the defendant to mitigate the loss. I shall not repeat the grounds set out in her application. I bear in mind that in seeking leave to appeal, the applicant has to satisfy the court that she is appealing on the ground involving a question of law. The onus is on her to show that the intended appeal has arguable grounds. Having considered the submission of counsel and the draft grounds of appeal, I am satisfied that there are arguable grounds shown and I give leave in respect of both applications. (Discussion between Court and Counsel) I will just put down a note here that I give you leave to amend those two application forms to reflect the date of 5 November. Amended to 5 November to replace 4 November. (Discussion between Court and Counsel) Costs reserved. (Queeny Au-Yeung) Judge of the Court of First Instance High Court Mr T Chow, instructed by C L Chow & Macksion Chan, for the claimants PAGE - A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V pgpg ^VJV hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z gdL} gdL} gdu-Z gdL} gdu-Z wh\P hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z gdL} hu-Z hu-Z hu-Z }vmvmaG hu-Z VRKF {f_SKS [Content_Types].xml Iw}, $yi} _rels/.rels theme/theme/themeManager.xml K Y, sQ}# theme/theme/theme1.xml w toc'v )I`n 3Vq%'#q x}r :\TZaG I u3 L+M2 e\O* $*c? )6-r IqbJ#x ,AGm T[XF64 E)`# R>QD =(K& =al- 4vfa 0%M0 theme/theme/_rels/themeManager.xml.rels 5 6?$Q K(M&$R(.1 [Content_Types].xmlPK _rels/.relsPK theme/theme/themeManager.xmlPK theme/theme/theme1.xmlPK theme/theme/_rels/themeManager.xml.relsPK <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?> <a:clrMap xmlns:a="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/drawingml/2006/main" bg1="lt1" tx1="dk1" bg2="lt2" tx2="dk2" accent1="accent1" accent2="accent2" accent3="accent3" accent4="accent4" accent5="accent5" accent6="accent6" hlink="hlink" folHlink="folHlink"/> i$&V >JNZJ j1Gvj1G HCAP 8/2007 Judiciary Normal.dotm pochu Choichan Microsoft Office Word Judiciary Hong Kong HCAP 8/2007 Title <b:Sources SelectedStyle="\APA.XSL" StyleName="APA" xmlns:b="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/bibliography" xmlns="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/bibliography"></b:Sources> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?> <ds:datastoreItem ds:itemID="{9C6BD63B-ADE5-43B0-B15E-1CC7F1350E83}" xmlns:ds="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/customXml"><ds:schemaRefs><ds:schemaRef ds:uri="http://schemas.openxmlformats.org/officeDocument/2006/bibliography"/></ds:schemaRefs></ds:datastoreItem> Microsoft Office Word 97-2003 Document MSWordDoc Word.Document.8