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Hong Kong Case Law

Meaning of "street" and "abut"
  • 29 Feb 2000

    Mayloy Development Ltd. v. The Director of Lands

    Citation
    Mayloy Development Ltd. v. The Director of Lands
    Court
    Lands Tribunal
    Case number
    LDLR4/1998

    Tribunal found on the evidence of family intention and reliable witness testimony that Nos.4,5 and 6 would have been redeveloped jointly and therefore form a single site; the portion of Man Hing Lane directly in front of the sites qualifies as a "street" within statutory definitions and exceeds 4.5m so the sites are Class A; re-provisioning of a rear service lane made retention of the existing side lane unnecessary so that side lane area is included in net developable area; applying the residual valuation method with adopted inputs produced a land value of HKD 3.29 million for No.2 and HKD 22…

    • Land resumption compensation
    • Site classification (class a)
    • Meaning of "street" and "abut"
    • Net developable area and service lanes
    • Residual valuation methodology
    • Apportionment of compensation