20 Jan 1982
LEUNG WAI HAN v. LAU FING YING AND OTHERS
- Citation
- LEUNG WAI HAN v. LAU FING YING AND OTHERS
- Court
- District Court
- Case number
- DCCJ3700/1981
Sections 52(1) and 53(1) must be read literally: for periodic tenancies the tenancy cannot end by effluxion of time so it must be terminated by the landlord; the common law method of termination of a periodic tenancy is by notice to quit; consequently a valid notice to quit must be served and its period must expire before proceedings under s.53(2) can be commenced, and until then no cause of action arises for possession under s.53(2).