2 Jun 1999
LEE PAK HONG v. LEE WAI WING
- Citation
- LEE PAK HONG v. LEE WAI WING
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP2490/1997
The court held that the historical 'right to let' granted exclusive possession of specific floors and was effectively equivalent to ownership of those floors; the 1972 transaction (supported by payment and possession) amounted to an equitable assignment of the First Floor to the Purchaser, resulting in partitioned interests of two-thirds for the Purchaser and one-third for the Successor; consequently the Successor was liable for one-third of common outgoings, the Purchaser was entitled to judgment for contributions, and the notice to quit was ineffective against the Purchaser's proprietary ri…