30 Jan 2026
LEUNG SHUI FUN v. SECRETARY FOR JUSTICE
- Citation
- [2026] HKCFI 629
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA551/2021
The court held it was unarguable that the Crown's right of action accrued in the 1920s; legal principle and statute require that where a reversionary/future interest exists the right to recover accrues only when that interest falls into possession (e.g. by surrender, re-entry or determination of the lease). Therefore time began to run for Lot 388RP on 10 Sept 1976, for Lot 376C on 21 Sept 1982 and for Former Lot 376RP on 14 Jan 2019; the defendant's counterclaim is not time-barred, summary judgment is appropriate and the plaintiff's claim discloses no reasonable cause of action and is struck…