Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Land registry registration

Legal area

Court

1 Apr 2010

FONG YEE KEI v. AU MEI LING

Citation

FONG YEE KEI v. AU MEI LING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP143/2009

The court accepted the respondent's credible evidence (bank withdrawal corroborating a cashier's order and the admission recorded in the registered charge) and concluded the applicant failed to prove on the balance of probabilities that the memorandum of charge was false; therefore the application to vacate the registration was dismissed.
22 Jan 2010

SUN LEE KYOUNG SIL v. JIA WEILI

Citation

SUN LEE KYOUNG SIL v. JIA WEILI
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA1768/2009

Time was of the essence of the provisional agreement given the nature of the transaction and circumstances; the defendant's failure to ensure funds so the cheque would clear amounted to a repudiatory breach; plaintiff validly accepted repudiation and was entitled to damages/forfeiture of the initial deposit and judgment on the dishonoured cheque and to have the Land Registry entry vacated.