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Hong Kong Case Law

Limitation (14 day rule)
  • 7 Mar 1996

    Ting Key Investment Ltd. and Another v. The Secretary for Transport

    Citation
    Ting Key Investment Ltd. and Another v. The Secretary for Transport
    Court
    Lands Tribunal
    Case number
    LDMR61/1992

    No compensatable disturbance established: there was no implied right of access to the main trunk road and, in any event, compensation turns on interruption/interference with trade not property rights; Schedule para 4(2) requires substantial disturbance subsisting for at least 14 consecutive days and short spells cannot be aggregated; Applicants failed to prove any period of substantial disturbance of 14 days or more and failed to isolate loss caused by road works from loss caused by competition (Caltex) or other factors; accordingly disturbance payment claims dismissed and only mitigation exp…