27 Sept 1999
TONG TIM NUI AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Citation
- TONG TIM NUI AND OTHERS v. HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY
- Court
- Court of Appeal
- Case number
- CACV319/1998
The 1961 communications did not create proprietary rights or an irrevocable licence; residents remained licensees under occupation permits governed by the Resettlement Ordinance which permitted termination (reasonable/three months' notice); no unconscionable conduct or estoppel arose sufficient to defeat the statutory right to terminate; the notices to quit were valid and there was no basis in private law or judicial review to award damages to the appellants, therefore the appeals were dismissed.