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Statutory time extension
  • 31 May 2024

    BILLION GLORY PROPERTIES LTD AND OTHERS v. LI BAOZHU AND OTHERS

    Citation
    [2024] HKLdT 50
    Court
    Lands Tribunal
    Case number
    LDCS23000/2019

    The Tribunal held it would exercise discretion to grant a single 3-month extension under s5(4)(b) to 29 August 2024 but refused leave to re-fix the reserve price. The reserve price fixed at $2,425,000,000 was within a reasonable valuation bracket (c.15%) of other assessments and there was insufficient evidence of a significant post-judgment market fall to justify re-opening the final order. Re-fixing the reserve after an aborted auction would undermine statutory finality and minority protection and is not supported by the Ordinance or the facts.