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Hong Kong Case Law

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  • 17 Mar 2020

    黃潔貞 對 曾進求

    Citation
    [2020] HKDC 107
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ5938/2018

    The court found that after expiry of the fixed terms the parties' conduct (monthly rent payments) converted the arrangements into periodic monthly tenancies; defendants failed to demonstrate any bona fide triable defence or credible evidence of a two‑year automatic renewal or life tenancy; receipt of rent after notice did not evidence mutual intention to create a new tenancy given plaintiff's explanation and ongoing recovery steps; accordingly summary judgment was appropriate and mesne profits payable at the previous monthly rents from the dates each defendant ceased paying until vacation; th…