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…