19 Aug 2005
ELEGANT PROFIT LTD v. CHUNG LAI SANG AND ANOTHER
- Citation
- ELEGANT PROFIT LTD v. CHUNG LAI SANG AND ANOTHER
- Court
- Court of First Instance
- Case number
- HCSA8/2005
Section 31 of Cap.219 (as interpreted by the English authorities applying LPA 1925 s.141) vests in the assignee of the reversion the right to enforce lease covenants and to recover arrears of rent which became due and payable before assignment; the assignor is divested of any concurrent cause of action. Accordingly the original landlord could not recover those antecedent arrears and the appeal is allowed.