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Hong Kong Case Law

Contribution to outgoings
  • 2 Jun 1999

    LEE WAI WING v. LEE PAK HONG

    Citation
    LEE WAI WING v. LEE PAK HONG
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA6201/1998

    The court held that the historical "right to let" conferred exclusive possession and use of particular floors akin to ownership; the 1972 transaction effected an equitable assignment of the First Floor to the Purchaser who, having taken possession and later benefited from letters of administration, holds two-thirds of the legal and equitable interests; contributions by the Purchaser were credited and the notice to quit was ineffective because the Purchaser's occupancy derived from ownership rights rather than tenancy.