23 Dec 1997
IP FUNG YEE v. THE NORWEGIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
- Citation
- IP FUNG YEE v. THE NORWEGIAN MISSIONARY SOCIETY
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP1955/1997
Under the parties' agreement and s.13 CPO the vendor was entitled to prove title by certified copies; the certified copies obtained from the Land Registry complied with registry practice and satisfied the vendor's obligations; the statutory declaration adequately explained loss after reasonable search; the power of attorney was ambiguous but the attorney bona fide and reasonably construed it as authorising the gift and, if ultra vires, the assignment was voidable not void; s.13(4A) further precluded successful challenge; therefore the defendant discharged its obligation to prove title and pla…