5 Apr 2017
FOREMOST HILL LTD v. LI HON BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LTD
- Citation
- FOREMOST HILL LTD v. LI HON BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA2555/2013
The court found on the evidence that the plaintiff and its predecessors had exclusive possession of the defined subject area from at least 1990 sufficient to establish title by adverse possession; plans attached to conveyancing documents are for identification and do not rebut the factual findings; contractual claims are time-barred and equitable enforcement of the DMC is subject to laches and, on the facts, defendants have not established sufficient timely assertion of rights or prejudice to defeat the plaintiff's claim; accordingly judgment is entered for the plaintiff and the defendants' c…