Cheung Lai Mui v Cheung Wai Shing (Hong Kong Court of Appeal)
Introduction Cheung Lai Mui v Cheung Wai Shing ([2020] 2 HKLRD 15) concerned a claim based on common intention constructive trust and proprietary estoppel. Where the landowner (the maker of the...
View ArticleMonat Investment Limited v All person(s) in occupation of part of the...
In Monat Investment Ltd v All Person(s) in Occupation of Part of Remaining Portion of Lot No 591 in Mui Wo DD 4, No 16 Ma Po Tsuen, Mui Wo Lantau Island ([2020] HKCFI 1970) the Court of First Instance...
View ArticleProperty Law Seminar Online – 13 January 2021
Dr Richard Hedlund of the University of Lincoln will give an online Property Law Seminar An End to Testamentary Freedom. Details here.
View Article‘Subject to contract’ re-affirmed
In Joanne Properties Ltd v Moneything Capital Ltd ([2020] EWCA Civ 1541) the English Court of Appeal had to consider whether a contract had been formed even though the relevant exchange was prefaced...
View ArticleThe Small House Policy and the Basic Law
Introduction Hong Kong’s Small House Policy confers significant benefits on indigenous inhabitants of the New Territories (‘NTIIs’). NTIIs are male persons, at least 18 years old, descended through the...
View ArticleInformal land contracts: overlapping equitable doctrines
Introduction The judgment in Ng Yuk Pui Kelly v Dung Wai Man [2019] HKCFI 210, shows that part performance, common intention constructive trust and proprietary estoppel are each available to...
View ArticlePrescriptive easements: deciding on whether user was as of right
In Poste Hotels Ltd v Cousins [2020] EWHC 582 (Ch) the court had to consider a claim to have acquired by prescription a right to park in a particular place in a private street by a person (Cousins)...
View ArticleProperty Law seminar – 26 May 2021 – Professor Tang Hang Wu
The upcoming Property Law seminar Family and wealth disputes and the lawyers’toolkit in planning and litigation will be fascinating. See this link for more details and the registration link.
View ArticleProperty Law Online Discussion – Ms Yasmine Zahir – Property claims for...
Dear All, You are invited to a meeting of the online Property Law Discussion Group at 12.15pm on 26 May (Wed). The speaker is Ms Yasmine Zahir, Barrister-at-law, Liberty Chambers. Her topic is:...
View ArticleDemands for rent and waiver
In Greenwood Reversions Ltd v World Environment Foundation Ltd ([2008] EWCA Civ 47) the English Court of Appeal (Thomas LJ delivering the judgment) had to consider whether letters from a landlord’s...
View ArticleProperty Law Online Discussion – Ms Yasmine Zahir – Property claims for...
A reminder of the meeting of the online Property Law Discussion Group at 12.15pm on 26 May (Wed). The speaker is Ms Yasmine Zahir, Barrister-at-law, Liberty Chambers. Her topic is: ‘Treasure Hunting...
View ArticleFamily and Wealth Disputes and the Lawyer’s Toolkit in Planning and...
CUHK Law is delighted to invite you to an online seminar by Professor Tang Hang Wu of Singapore Management University on Family and Wealth Disputes and the Lawyer’s Toolkit in Planning and Litigation...
View ArticleThe seven deadly sins of trustee decision making – online seminar 23 June
Mr. Andrew Lynn will give the next in the CUHK Law Property Law seminar series on 23 June at 6pm (HK time). Details and registration link here. Michael Lower
View ArticleThe Home Ownership Scheme and beneficial ownership. 16 June 2021. Ms Phoebe Woo.
Dear All, You are invited to a meeting of the online Property Law Discussion Group at 12.15pm on 16 June (Wed). The speaker is Ms Phoebe Woo (BA and LLB. HKU; LL.M. Cambridge University; HKU...
View ArticlePhilanthropy in the Age of COVID-19: Asian and Global Perspectives – Online...
You might be interested in this online conference on Philanthropy in the Age of COVID-19: Asian and Global Perspectives (the fourth conference in the “Modern Studies in the Law of Trusts and Wealth...
View ArticleProprietary estoppel: Does detrimental reliance need to be incurred before...
In Cheung Lai Mui v Cheung Wai Shing ([2021] HKEC 2263) the Court of Final Appeal had to consider whether, in proprietary estoppel cases, detrimental reliance had to be incurred before the death of...
View ArticleWhen is an occupation rent payable?
In Cheung Lai Mui v Cheung Wai Shing ([2021] HKEC 2263) the Court of Final Appeal was asked to consider whether the obligation to pay an occupation rent only arose when there was an ouster or where...
View ArticleOnline Property Law seminar – 6 October
Professor Steven Gallagher will speak on Non-fungible Tokens and Digital Art: what are they and what do you get if you buy one? Link here.
View ArticleRecovering pre-payment of purchase price where the agreement was never completed
In Hui Tze Ha v Ho Yuet Lin ([2021] HKCFI 1901) D and P entered into a written agreement on 18 September 1992 under which D agreed to sell property in Kowloon to P for HK$1.2 million. P paid a...
View ArticleProprietary estoppel and oral land contracts: the last word?
Howe v Gossop ([2021] EWHC 637) addressed the question as to whether proprietary estoppel can be relied upon where the claim arises out of an oral agreement concerning land. The problem is that such...
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