Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments | LexChat

Topic

Vendor title

Legal area

Court

28 Feb 2000

CHOW YIM WOON v. LAM YUNG MING SARLINA

Citation

CHOW YIM WOON v. LAM YUNG MING SARLINA
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA6379/1999

The summons for summary judgment was dismissed because there were clear triable issues concerning the vendor's title and authority to sell, the timing and proof of title, the proper construction of clause 4, and the unresolved role of Joinrex which required trial determination; consequently summary disposal was inappropriate.
23 Dec 1997

HINEX UNIVERSAL DESIGN CONSULTANTS CO. LTD. v. CHAN LAI HING

Citation

HINEX UNIVERSAL DESIGN CONSULTANTS CO. LTD. v. CHAN LAI HING
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP2292/1997

Subject to any constraints in the Deed of Mutual Covenant or other documents, a subsequent owner has the same unfettered right as the developer to allocate undivided shares vested in him, and a vendor's title is not automatically defective for inability to produce documentary evidence of allotment where the chain of assignments and registry entries are consistent with the asserted allocation.