KAM NAI HAY (甘乃晞), THE SURVIVING EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF KAM YAT PUI ALIAS KAM TAT CHI ALIAS KAM YAT, DECEASED 對 鄭昌償

KAM NAI HAY (甘乃晞), THE SURVIVING EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF KAM YAT PUI ALIAS KAM TAT CHI ALIAS KAM YAT, DECEASED 對 鄭昌償

Leave to execute the 25 May 2017 consent possession order was granted and the 14 Oct 2019 decision maintained because (1) tenancy‑by‑estoppel prevents the respondent from disputing the applicant's title in these proceedings; (2) evidence established that the purchased land included the consent order's subject area;...

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Citation
[2020] HKLdT 7
Parties
Applicant: KAM NAI HAY (甘乃晞) THE SURVIVING EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF KAM YAT PUI ALIAS KAM TAT CHI ALIAS KAM YAT DECEASED; Respondent: CHENG CHEONG SHEUNG (鄭昌償); Interested Party: FONG HAU KWAN (方巧君), LAW CHUNG MAN (羅仲文), LAW KEE HOI (羅記海), LAW SING TING (羅成定)
Court
Lands Tribunal
Jurisdiction
Hong Kong
Judgment Date
25 September 2020
Case Number
LDPE1098/2016
Procedural Posture
Land/tenancy Dispute Involving Enforcement of a Consent Possession Order / Application for Leave to Execute Consent Order and Subsequent Review; Substitution and Continuation Against Deceased Respondent's Estate
Outcome
Review dismissed; the decision of 14 October 2019 granting leave to the interested party to execute the 25 May 2017 consent order is maintained; proceedings ordered to continue against the deceased respondent's estate in absence of any representative; no costs order made following interested party's waiver.
Legal Topics
Tenancy by Estoppel, Leave to Execute Judgment/consent Order, Substitution of Parties on Death, Enforcement of Possession, Consent Orders, Evidence of Surrender/return of Land
Source Language
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Land Law Civil Procedure Succession Law Property Enforcement Tenancy by Estoppel Leave to Execute Judgment/consent Order Substitution of Parties on Death Enforcement of Possession +2 more

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Parties

KAM NAI HAY (甘乃晞) THE SURVIVING EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF KAM YAT PUI ALIAS KAM TAT CHI ALIAS KAM YAT DECEASED

Applicant

CHENG CHEONG SHEUNG (鄭昌償)

Respondent

FONG HAU KWAN (方巧君), LAW CHUNG MAN (羅仲文), LAW KEE HOI (羅記海), LAW SING TING (羅成定)

Interested Party

Procedural Posture

Land/tenancy Dispute Involving Enforcement of a Consent Possession Order / Application for Leave to Execute Consent Order and Subsequent Review; Substitution and Continuation Against Deceased Respondent's Estate

  1. 1 Whether the purchaser/interested party may be granted leave to execute a prior consent order
  2. 2 Whether a partial registered title (2/6 shares) prevents the purchaser from enforcing the order
  3. 3 Whether the respondent had already returned the subject land specified in the consent order

Ratio Decidendi

Leave to execute the 25 May 2017 consent possession order was granted and the 14 Oct 2019 decision maintained because (1) tenancy‑by‑estoppel prevents the respondent from disputing the applicant's title in these proceedings; (2) evidence established that the purchased land included the consent order's subject area; (3) the respondent produced no objective proof he returned the specified land; and (4) the consent order was valid and not set aside, therefore the purchaser as successor may execute it and proceedings may continue against the deceased respondent's estate.

Court Disposition

Review dismissed; the decision of 14 October 2019 granting leave to the interested party to execute the 25 May 2017 consent order is maintained; proceedings ordered to continue against the deceased respondent's estate in absence of any representative; no costs order made following interested party's waiver.

Orders

  • Maintain the order dated 14 October 2019 granting the interested party leave to execute the Regional Court consent order dated 25 May 2017.
  • Proceedings to continue against the respondent's estate in the absence of any representative.