27 Jun 2011
THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF CENTURY CENTRE v. BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LTD AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF CENTURY CENTRE v. BANK OF CHINA (HONG KONG) LTD AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCMP166/2011
Re-registration under s17 and the effect given by s18 must be read with s3: a prior duly registered charging order retains its priority over later registered charges even if five years elapse provided the chargee re-registers in accordance with s17; the legislature intended registration to give certainty of priority and not to permit lapse and re-registration to alter antecedent priorities (following Beavan v The Earl of Oxford and Shaw v Neale).