7 Dec 1994
RE TAI TUNG INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD.
- Citation
- RE TAI TUNG INDUSTRIAL EQUIPMENT LTD.
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2262/1994
The letters of 2 January 1992 and 14 October 1992 did not constitute claims under s.12 Cap.127: they were proposals to negotiate modification of a Crown lease and were sent before the rights were extinguished by gazettal; s.12 requires a written claim with sufficient particulars (including the sum) after gazettal to enable the Director to perform s.13 duties; the Director had no power to waive statutory requirements and estoppel could not be invoked; accordingly there was no valid s.12 claim to be considered and the application for mandamus and declarations fails.