30 Mar 2005
HONG KONG KAM LAN KOON LTD v. REALRAY INVESTMENTS LTD
- Citation
- HONG KONG KAM LAN KOON LTD v. REALRAY INVESTMENTS LTD
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCA15824/1999
The court exercised its case management discretion to allow specified amendments to the Defence and Counterclaim and, applying the Court of Appeal's decision in Chan Tin Shi that the New Territories Leases (Extension) Ordinance gave the defendant a new estate restarting limitation, concluded that the plaintiff's adverse possession claim must fail as limitation had not expired after the restart; the court therefore acceded to the defendant's Order 14A application, dismissed the plaintiff's claim, entered final judgment for the defendant on Prayers (1),(2),(2A) of the counterclaim, and reserved…