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Hong Kong Case Law

Prescriptive easement / right of way
  • 14 Mar 2011

    SHING LUEN FAT v. SHING CHI PING

    Citation
    SHING LUEN FAT v. SHING CHI PING
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ3789/2010

    The court found there was a serious question to be tried on adverse possession and prescriptive right of way and that the balance of convenience favoured the Plaintiff because access to his main entrance was blocked by the iron scaffold, the Defendant had no imminent use for the land, removal of the scaffold would not be irreversible or substantially costly, and the risk of injustice to the Defendant was outweighed by the interim prejudice to the Plaintiff; accordingly an interlocutory injunction restraining interference and a mandatory order to remove the iron scaffold within 48 hours were g…