26 Nov 2015
CHEUNG DAVID YOKE MING v. CHEUNG YAT KEE AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- CHEUNG DAVID YOKE MING v. CHEUNG YAT KEE AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA391/2011
The plaintiff's claims based on alleged oral agreements to transfer or gift land were unenforceable under Conveyancing and Property Ordinance s3(1) because there was no written agreement or memorandum; on the counterclaim the court found that the defendants were the sole beneficial owners and that the plaintiff held the Ting House and Lot on trust for them, therefore granting a declaration and ordering transfer of legal title; costs were awarded on an indemnity basis due to the plaintiff's continued prosecution of an unsustainable claim after clear warning and failure to defend the countercla…