25 Jul 2022
HYPER LINK LTD 對 EARTH GROUP LTD
- Citation
- [2022] HKLdT 31
- Court
- Lands Tribunal
- Case number
- LDPE317/2022
The lease expired on 27 March 2022 and the respondent failed to surrender vacant possession; the respondent therefore remained an unlawful occupier liable to pay mesne profits at the contractual rent rate from 28 January 2022 until return of vacant possession; documentary rent records provided by the applicant established arrears on the balance of probabilities and the respondent failed to discharge its evidential burden; counterclaims and tort allegations fall outside the Lands Tribunal's jurisdiction; deposits/prepayments were not proven to be rent and cannot be offset; accordingly the orig…