Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Unauthorised agency

Legal area

Court

16 Nov 1999

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. CHAN PING NAM

Citation

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. CHAN PING NAM
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4747/1999

The agreements were executed without authority and Messrs. Ho & Chan were not appointed solicitors for those transactions; accordingly the agreements are void as against the plaintiff, defendants are restrained from registering them, and existing registrations in specified actions must be vacated; no costs awarded as the plaintiff did not seek damages or costs.
16 Nov 1999

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. NG KAI YIN

Citation

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. NG KAI YIN
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4736/1999

The court held that the agreements were executed without authority and Messrs. Ho & Chan were not retained for those transactions; accordingly the agreements are null and void as against the plaintiff, the defendants are not entitled to register them, the defendants are restrained from registering them, and the court ordered vacatur of specified registrations. No order as to costs was made because the plaintiff did not seek costs.
16 Nov 1999

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MAN MEI FUNG

Citation

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MAN MEI FUNG
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA4741/1999

Because the evidence established that Cheng Kwok Fai lacked authority to execute the sale agreements on behalf of the plaintiff and Messrs. Ho & Chan were not appointed solicitors for those transactions, the agreements are null and void as against the plaintiff; accordingly the defendants are not entitled to register them and the Court will grant declaratory relief, injunctions and vacation of registrations where already effected.
16 Nov 1999

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MAN MEI WA POLLY

Citation

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MAN MEI WA POLLY
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA7851/1999

Because the evidence established that Cheng Kwok Fai lacked authority to execute the sale agreements on behalf of the plaintiff and Messrs. Ho & Chan were not appointed solicitors or stakeholders for those transactions, the agreements are not binding on the plaintiff and are null and void; accordingly the defendants have no entitlement to register those agreements and the court will grant declaratory relief, injunctive relief and vacate registrations already effected.
14 Apr 1975

DR. MATTHEW YUNG v. MARUYU COMMODITIES CO LTD

Citation

DR. MATTHEW YUNG v. MARUYU COMMODITIES CO LTD
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA2071/1974

The court accepted the plaintiff's evidence and the tape confession that the employee acted without authority from 2 July and executed unauthorised dealings; the defendant failed to investigate after complaints and could not rely on its account statements or blanket authorisation to avoid liability; accordingly the defendant was liable to the plaintiff for the losses proven and judgment was entered for the plaintiff in the calculated sum after crediting payments.

Hong Kong Case Law

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. CHAN PING NAM

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. NG KAI YIN

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MAN MEI FUNG

KEEP POINT DEVELOPMENT LTD. v. MAN MEI WA POLLY

DR. MATTHEW YUNG v. MARUYU COMMODITIES CO LTD