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Hong Kong Case Law

Proprietary estoppel/acquiescence
  • 8 Feb 2023

    SHING YAT KWONG v. LI MAN HONG AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2023] HKDC 97
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCMP3218/2018

    On the evidence (SJE reports, aerial photos and witness testimony) the court found the defendants' wall extension trespassed onto Plaintiff's Lot 2125 by about 8.9 sq.m; the pleaded equitable defences (acquiescence, estoppel, implied licence and alleged agreement) and de minimis failed on the facts; damages were not adequate and a mandatory injunction was proportionate and sufficiently certain; accordingly judgment for Plaintiff ordering delivery of vacant possession, demolition of structures, nominal mesne profits and costs awarded to Plaintiff was appropriate.