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Hong Kong Case Law

Partition order

  • 17 Aug 2021

    黃德忠及另一人 對 黃炳城

    Citation
    [2021] HKCFI 2373
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP2188/2017

    The court refused the defendant's application for a late appeal due to an unexplained delay of over eight months and granted the plaintiffs a six-month extension to execute the sale; the court ordered the defendant within seven days to notify the Water Authority and CLP to terminate accounts and to allow plaintiffs to retrieve two wooden ladders, and held the defendant liable for expenses arising from his refusal to deliver vacant possession to be assessed after sale and deducted from his share; defendant to pay plaintiffs' costs of his summons to be assessed by the taxing officer.

  • 26 Jan 2006

    YAU WAI KEUNG AND OTHERS v. YAU KAR SIU AND OTHERS

    Citation
    YAU WAI KEUNG AND OTHERS v. YAU KAR SIU AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP1363/2003

    On the balance of probabilities Pink 1 is not within the V‑zone; the 0.04 acre house lot/building right is most probably located in the yellow and/or green areas and is annexed to the plaintiffs' allotment; adopting the court's chosen valuation methods and comparables (including adjustments and a 20% discount for the 10‑metre policy) produced respective parcel values leading to an equalization payment of HKD 1,376,641 payable by the plaintiffs to the 3rd defendant; costs of the assessment awarded to the 3rd defendant and no interest awarded for the period between the judgment and this decisio…

  • 16 Dec 2004

    YAU KWAI AND OTHERS v. YAU KAR SIU AND OTHERS

    Citation
    YAU KWAI AND OTHERS v. YAU KAR SIU AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP1363/2003

    Consolidation did not make distinct claims the same for costs purposes; plaintiffs entitled to costs for the ex parte injunction, but defendants entitled to costs of HCA7129/1997; because of overall conduct and time spent the judge apportioned costs by ordering plaintiffs to pay defendants 20% of the costs of the proceedings to date (including the 18 November 2004 hearing); defendants not liable to pay plaintiffs the costs of the injunction application; costs increase caused by joinder of 1st and 2nd defendants to be borne by plaintiffs.

  • 8 Jan 2002

    BEAUTIGLORY INVESTMENT LTD. v. TANG LOI AND OTHERS

    Citation
    BEAUTIGLORY INVESTMENT LTD. v. TANG LOI AND OTHERS
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCMP531/1989

    The court exercised its discretion to reserve costs relating to the present application and prior 1996 steps rather than make an immediate costs order for the defendants; the court permitted the plaintiff to proceed with its new summons for sale subject to the modified time provisions in paragraphs (iii) and (iv), finding that the change of direction, though major, did not automatically justify immediate adverse costs against the plaintiff prior to trial.