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Tenant agreements
  • 30 Oct 2025

    CHOI MAN CHIU v. WAN KWAN KAU AND ANOTHER

    Citation
    [2025] HKDC 1832
    Court
    District Court
    Case number
    DCCJ1875/2022

    The Plaintiff failed to discharge the high burden of proving both factual possession and animus possidendi for the requisite period: his evidence was inherently unreliable (tenancy agreements were unpleaded and stamped only in 2022, receipts lacked independent bank proof and were self‑issued, his employment at the management company made access and acts suspicious), and storage of personal effects in shopping‑arcade units did not amount to the degree of exclusive control expected of an occupying owner; accordingly adverse possession was not established and the Plaintiff's claims were dismisse…