19 Sept 2019
FAR EAST CONSORTIUM LTD v. OCCUPIER(S) ENTERING OR REMAINING AT THE LOT WITHOUT THE CONSENT OF THE PLAINTIFF AND OTHERS
- Citation
- [2019] HKCFI 2298
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP221/2019
Summons for a mandatory interlocutory injunction was dismissed because, although plaintiff established a serious issue to be tried in trespass/possession, the court could not feel the high degree of assurance required for interlocutory mandatory relief: competing expert evidence, plaintiff's delay, the intrusive and irreversible nature of immediate demolition of long‑occupied homes (with vulnerable occupants), and lack of assurance that remedial works could be carried out without coordination with the owner of the adjoining lot meant the balance of convenience and risk of injustice favoured r…