Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

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24 Mar 2026

CHUNG WAI MAN v. WONG TING HEI

Citation

[2026] HKDC 444
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ5789/2024

On the pleadings the Plaintiff established that she paid the purchase price and sole mortgage instalments and pleaded a clear intention not to make a gift; consequently a purchase‑money resulting trust arises and the Defendant, as registered joint owner, holds the Property on trust for the Plaintiff; default judgment under Order 19 r.7 was therefore justified and a transfer of legal title was ordered with a solicitor appointed to execute the transfer.
5 Dec 2025

RE LAM MUK CHOI

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 6124
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1455/2025

The applicant proved he was entitled to redeem and had taken reasonable steps to locate the mortgagee who could not be found; exercising the court's discretion under s12A, payment into court of HK$52 (HK$4 principal plus interest at 10% p.a. compounded over 120 years as adopted for contingency) was sufficient to redeem the mortgage; leave granted subject to advertisement and time for any interested person to apply.
24 Jan 2025

RE LEE KWOK LEUNG AND OTHERS

Citation

[2025] HKCFI 472
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1593/2023

Applicants satisfied s.12A(1) CPO: they are entitled to redeem, the mortgage remains subsisting, and reasonable steps were taken to locate the successor (Mak Wing On) who cannot be found; accordingly the court granted leave to pay HKD 6,800 into court to redeem the mortgage and ordered specified advertising and procedural steps before a s.12A(2) declaration may be sought.
6 Oct 2023

HU YANGZHAO v. YANG JIAN AND OTHERS

Citation

[2023] HKDC 1477
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ1318/2022

On the pleadings the plaintiff has sufficiently pleaded that the sum was transferred from the plaintiff's account through intermediary accounts to the 3rd defendant so that the 3rd defendant was unjustly enriched at the plaintiff's expense and restitutionary monetary judgment is appropriate; however the pleadings do not allege the 3rd defendant was a fraudulent recipient nor that the funds remain in her hands making retention unconscionable, so a proprietary constructive trust and declaratory relief cannot be granted.
27 Jul 2023

WAN\'S INVESTMENT LTD v. VAST YEAR LTD AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2023] HKDC 976
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ5982/2020

The court accepted that the 1st defendant repudiated the tenancy on 10 November 2019 and that the plaintiff properly accepted the repudiation; the plaintiff took reasonable steps to mitigate by marketing the premises and re-letting on 8 June 2020 at the best obtainable market rent (HK$86,000 with a rent‑free period); damages are assessed by contractual entitlements less mitigation and less the security deposits paid, resulting in an award of HK$1,129,748; pre-judgment interest at 1% above HSBC prime is awarded from 10 November 2020 to the date of decision and at judgment rate thereafter; cost…
24 May 2023

YEUNG KAI KAI AND ANOTHER WAI CHING v. SHUM WAI SHEK AND ANOTHER

Citation

[2023] HKCFI 1405
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP1184/2022

The court held that the Assignment took effect on 3 November 1994 upon receipt of the Housing Authority's letter confirming payment of the premium and removal of the restriction, and granted the declaratory relief sought accordingly.
31 Mar 2022

RE MUFG SECURITIES ASIA LTD

Citation

[2022] HKCFI 948
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP83/2022

The Court was satisfied on the evidence that the assets in the Schedule are held by the applicant as trustee and that the applicant made reasonable efforts to contact the beneficiaries; it is not practicable to obtain physical certificates for certain Non‑Hong Kong stocks; accordingly the court granted leave to amend the originating summons and Schedule and authorised, subject to the applicant's undertakings, payment of cash into court with interest, deposit of available share certificates, and disposal of shares that cannot be physically produced with proceeds paid into court, together with…
20 Aug 2021

KWOK TAK CHOI 對 YEUNG KIN LEUNG t/a MOK CHEONG GLASS ENG 及另三人

Citation

[2021] HKDC 1019
Court

District Court
Case number

DCEC638/2017

Court rejected applicant's testimony as inherently improbable, inconsistent with contemporaneous documents and other witnesses; accepted respondents' witnesses and documentary evidence that works were completed before the alleged date and therefore concluded the accident did not occur as alleged and no compensation liability arises.
8 Nov 2017

韓遠雲對韓偉根

Citation

韓遠雲對韓偉根
Court

District Court
Case number

DCCJ2167/2016

The court set aside the 3 November 2017 order because material related proceedings involving the same property and a secured creditor were not disclosed; plaintiff and her former solicitors failed to assist the court as required by case management rules; the existence of concurrent litigation would have materially affected the exercise of the court's discretion to grant declaratory and transfer relief at that interlocutory stage; therefore the unsealed order is cancelled and the plaintiff's summons is adjourned to be heard with the related actions.
17 Jul 2017

周對謝

Citation

周對謝
Court

Family Court
Case number

FCMC10614/2015

The premarital property was held to be a matrimonial asset because it served as the parties' matrimonial home throughout the long marriage and its source lost significance over time; the applicant's post-separation assets were excluded as non-matrimonial because accumulated after lengthy separation without respondent's contribution; applying the LKW five-step approach the court identified total family assets of HKD 1,605,825.04, started from equal sharing and, having considered contributions and needs, ordered half (HKD 802,912.52) as a lump sum to applicant and awarded costs to applicant.