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Conveyancing and property [2026] HKDC 653

MA KIN WAH v. TAM TAK MING

The District Court held that an undischarged 1941 mortgage and unanswered title requisitions entitled the purchaser to rescind the SPA, recover the deposit, and receive damages.

  • Vendor and purchaser requisitions
  • Title defects and encumbrances
  • Forfeiture of deposit
  • Rescission of contract
  • Costs and wasted legal fees
  • Vendor-and-purchaser
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Conveyancing and property [2025] HKDC 1811

GENERAL HERO LTD v. TSANG KWONG KEUNG AND ANOTHER

The District Court granted default judgment declaring a 20 June 2023 property assignment voidable and void as against the plaintiff under section 60 CPO, and awarded costs.

  • Voidable dispositions
  • Fraudulent conveyance
  • Section 60 cpo
  • Default judgment
  • Declaratory relief
  • Charging order and sale
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Conveyancing and property [2024] HKCFI 2079

RE CHAN LEI QIWEN, in her capacity as the administratrix of the estate of Chan Kwai Sing, deceased, for a declaration under Section 12A of the Conveyancing and Property Ordinance, Cap.219

The Court of First Instance granted leave under section 12A CPO to pay $600 into court in each of two proceedings, where the mortgagees could not be found.

  • Payment into court
  • Redemption of encumbrance
  • Section 12a cpo
  • Service/notice and advertising
  • Mortgage discharge
  • Payment-into-court
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Conveyancing and property [2024] HKLdT 31

AHN, EUNSUN v. WO KWOK WAI AND ANOTHER

The Lands Tribunal dismissed a review application because the applicant had not served the required section 58 warning notice before the cause of action arose.

  • Section 58 warning notice
  • Forfeiture/right of re-entry
  • Possession
  • Security deposit
  • Quiet enjoyment
  • Rescission
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Conveyancing and property [2023] HKCFI 2511

RE PANG KA HO AND ANOTHER

The Court of First Instance granted leave to pay HK$5,460 into court to redeem an old mortgage, after finding the mortgagee could not be found.

  • Mortgage redemption
  • Payment into court under section 12a cpo
  • Notice and service
  • Registration of land encumbrances
  • Mortgage-redemption
  • Payment-into-court
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Conveyancing and property [2023] HKCFI 2429

SONG LIHUA v. LEE CHEE HON (Former Name: QUE WENBIN) AND ANOTHER

The court granted an interim stay pending the plaintiff’s appeal, adjourned related applications, and ordered the plaintiff to pay security for costs of HK$200,000 for each defendant.

  • Stay of proceedings
  • Security for costs
  • Summary judgment
  • Mareva injunction
  • Leave to enforce arbitral award
  • Lis pendens
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Conveyancing and property [2022] HKCFI 2081

CHEUNG KAM LIN (in his personal capacity and as the executor of the estate of Chong Shun Wo also known as Cheung San Wo, deceased) AND OTHERS v. LEUNG KUNG WANG

The court allowed the plaintiffs to pay HK$2,160 into court to redeem a mortgage where the encumbrancer could not be found, and set notice and follow-up steps.

  • Mortgage redemption
  • Payment into court
  • Out of jurisdiction encumbrancer
  • Notice and vesting orders
  • Mortgage-redemption
  • Payment-into-court
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Conveyancing and property [2019] HKCFI 2512

GLORY QUEEN LTD v. The Personal Representatives of TANG PUI YING (鄧培英), Deceased, Trustee for TANG CHEUK (TSEUK) YING TSO (鄧灼英祖) AND ANOTHER

The Court of First Instance held that payment of $7,080 into court redeemed the mortgage and ordered the mortgage registered as Memorial No YL3226 wholly discharged.

  • Mortgage redemption
  • Payment into court
  • Discharge of mortgage
  • Section 19 limitation ordinance
  • Section 12a conveyancing and property ordinance
  • Mortgage-redemption
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Conveyancing and property [2018] HKCFI 2757

LI PING CHUN AND ANOTHER v. LIANG TONGHUA

法院認為原告人就涉案物業的可爭辯權利及被指具欺詐債權意圖的轉讓足以支持持續禁制令,並只對梁通華以外的受讓人限制處置物業。

  • Mareva injunction
  • Chabra jurisdiction
  • Charging order
  • Section 60 cpo (fraudulent conveyance)
  • Asset disclosure order
  • Post-judgment enforcement
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Conveyancing and property ERWIANA SULISTYANINGSIH v. TSUI YUN BUN BARRY AND ANOTHER

ERWIANA SULISTYANINGSIH v. TSUI YUN BUN BARRY AND ANOTHER

The court set aside a nil-consideration transfer of a jointly owned flat after finding it was made to defeat creditors under s.60 of the C&PO.

  • Section 60 c&po (voidable dispositions)
  • Intent to defraud creditors
  • Beneficial ownership and trusts
  • Setting aside transfers
  • Costs
  • Attachment (order 44a r7)
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