30 Jul 1982
LEUNG CHUI YING v. CHOW SUI KWAN
- Citation
- LEUNG CHUI YING v. CHOW SUI KWAN
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV38/1982
The Court allowed the appeal, holding that Section 53A was intended by necessary intendment to take immediate effect and therefore to apply to pending actions because the wording, present-tense construction, public interest purpose and compensatory scheme demonstrated such intent; the prior Court of Appeal decision in Ngai Sau-ying was not per incuriam nor determinative of this distinct question; the District Judge had erred in relying on Section 59(1) as bringing the matters within the Lands Tribunal without there being an appointed hearing date under the amending provisions.