3 Nov 2015
CHEERMARK INVESTMENT LTD v. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Citation
- CHEERMARK INVESTMENT LTD v. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Court
- Lands Tribunal
- Case number
- LDLR2/2013
The Tribunal construed the lease in its historical statutory context (notably the 1903 Public Health and Buildings Ordinance) and held that 'dwelling houses' subsumed shop use for ground floors; alternatively, prolonged, open, notorious non-enforcement and occupation permits demonstrated Crown abandonment of the restrictive covenant so shop use was to be recognized in compensation; the applicant failed to prove adverse possessory title to the Roof and so no separate compensation for the Roof; redevelopment potential was not established on the balance of probabilities; valuations were conducte…