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Hong Kong Case Law

Stamp duty and penalty
  • 10 Jan 1986

    HANDY INVESTMENT CO. LTD. v. HO HSIN HWA

    Citation
    HANDY INVESTMENT CO. LTD. v. HO HSIN HWA
    Court
    Court of First Instance
    Case number
    HCA3828/1984

    The lease was validly executed and admissible in evidence upon the plaintiff's solicitor's undertaking; the defendant repudiated the lease by prematurely terminating and vacating, entitling the plaintiff to damages representing lost rent until reletting (accounting for lower reletting rent), reimbursement of half the stamp duty but not any penalty, rates as contractually allocated, and proven repair costs; the defendant's counterclaim was dismissed for lack of evidence.