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Licence vs title
  • 15 Sept 2017

    何幹業 對 麥興龍及另二人

    Citation
    何幹業 對 麥興龍及另二人
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCMP3210/2013

    Defendants failed to prove the necessary elements of adverse possession: their evidence lacked credibility and did not establish single and conclusive factual possession or an unequivocal intention to exclude the registered owner for the requisite period; occupier's use was pursuant to a licence (oral then written) which was validly terminated and therefore the Limitation Ordinance did not extinguish the plaintiff's title; accordingly plaintiff's claim for possession succeeds and defendants' counterclaims for title by adverse possession are dismissed.