Hong Kong Case Law: Decisions & Judgments

Topic

Vacation of land registry registration

Legal area

Court

4 Jul 2022

KONEW CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LTD v. CHIU MEI LING

Citation

[2022] HKDC 656
Court

District Court
Case number

DCMP4449/2021

Declaratory relief was appropriately granted because the plaintiff had a real and practical interest in rectifying the consequences of fraud; the mortgage and loan agreement executed by the suspected imposter are null and void as against the defendant and the registration should be vacated; costs ordered that there be no order because both parties were victims of the same fraud.
1 Dec 2017

HUI SHUI KAY v. HON TO AND ANOTHER

Citation

HUI SHUI KAY v. HON TO AND ANOTHER
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCMP3399/2016

The trustees asserted a settlement which had never existed; that conduct was wholly unreasonable, lacked legal basis, wasted court time and increased plaintiff's costs. The trustees may recover only limited estate costs ($12,000) for minimal neutral actions; they must bear the plaintiff's costs of correspondence ($10,000) and part of the hearing ($90,000), and those amounts are not recoverable from the bankrupt's estate.
22 Sept 1999

REGAL WINNER LTD. v. HIGH LINK ENTERPRISES LTD.

Citation

REGAL WINNER LTD. v. HIGH LINK ENTERPRISES LTD.
Court

Court of First Instance
Case number

HCA10347/1999

The court held that the plaintiff was entitled to register the provisional agreement and writ because the plaintiff had a prima facie claim including entitlement to a lien and the defendant's offer to stakehold only the deposit did not provide sufficient protection; accordingly the application to vacate the registration was dismissed with costs to the plaintiff.

Hong Kong Case Law

KONEW CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL LTD v. CHIU MEI LING

HUI SHUI KAY v. HON TO AND ANOTHER

REGAL WINNER LTD. v. HIGH LINK ENTERPRISES LTD.