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  • 13 Apr 2000

    LI SZE FAT v. CHENG KA LEUNG TOMMY AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    LI SZE FAT v. CHENG KA LEUNG TOMMY AND ANOTHER
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA14280/1998

    The Formal Sale and Purchase Agreement, registered on 4 April 1997 and relating back to 13 March 1997, created a registrable equitable lien for the Purchaser which took priority over the 2nd Defendant's express declaration of trust because the trust document was not registered until 4 September 1998; by reducing the unwritten equity to a written, registrable trust the 2nd Defendant subjected herself to the Land Registration Ordinance and could not defeat the earlier registered lien.