27 Sept 1999
TONG TIM NUI AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Citation
- TONG TIM NUI AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV328/1998
The 1961 communications did not create proprietary rights or an irrevocable licence; the residents only held occupation permits terminable under statute and contract, there was no unconscionable encouragement sufficient for proprietary estoppel, the notices to quit were valid and no private law cause of action for damages arose; appeals dismissed.