5 Nov 1983
FOOK HONG ENTERPRISES CO LTD v. COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION
- Citation
- FOOK HONG ENTERPRISES CO LTD v. COMMISSIONER OF RATING AND VALUATION
- Court
- Lands Tribunal
- Case number
- LDRA41/1983
Held that the correct relevant date is the date the Valuation List comes into effect (1 April 1977); the Commissioner erred as a matter of law in refusing to take into account actual rental evidence after the date of projection because hindsight evidence is admissible to correct erroneous projections; projections may be upheld only if not excessive; on the evidence the Commissioner's projection was excessively low and the Tribunal fixed rateable values at agreed hindsight figures (31st-floor units $67,200 each; other units $66,000 each) and ordered amendment of the Valuation List effective 1…