13 Apr 2021
CHIU YUEN YIN previously known as CHIN SHIK SHIM v. THE DIRECTOR OF LANDS
- Citation
- [2021] HKLdT 22
- Court
- Lands Tribunal
- Case number
- LDLR1/2019
The tribunal held the space under the staircase below 2m should be converted at 1/2 for effective floor area (55.84 sqm); selected five comparables from respondent plus one common comparable and applied specified adjustments (location, frontage, layout/depth, headroom as appropriate); Comparable R5 purchase price reduced by $500,000 to reflect vendor contribution; the existence of a building notice evidenced breach of the Government lease engaging section 12(b) so demolition cost could in principle be deductible, but the respondent failed to prove the demolition cost quantum; consequently no…