25 Jan 2021
PONG YIU CHUEN v. NAM TIN CHUK TEMPLE LTD
- Citation
- [2021] HKDC 104
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ3036/2016
The court found the tenancy ended in 1970 and any licence from the original licensor terminated on his death; the 1980 undertaking evidenced occupation as of right to that date but did not establish a continuing licence; the 1995 letter was authentic and supported plaintiff's belief he was owner; the 2011 police record did not demonstrate a subsisting licence or negate animus; on the evidence (enclosures, structures, acts) plaintiff established exclusive possession and intention to exclude others from 1983 (or by 1995 at the latest) for the requisite period, so plaintiff acquired possessory t…