Hearings
Hong Kong
08 Jul 1996 [1996] UKPC 23; [1997] AC 38; [1996] 3 WLR 448; [1994] 2 HKC 11, PC
Chung Ping Kwan v Lam Island Development Co Ltd
Subject Matter
LAND — Hong kong — Land — Limitation of action — Option to renew Crown lease — Statutory provision for deemed exercise of option by lessee and deemed grant of new Crown lease — Squatters in adverse possession before and after new lease granted — Whether lessee's action for recovery of possession statute-barred — New Territories (Renewable Crown Leases) Ordinance, s 4(1)(3)(4) — Limitation Ordinance, ss 7(2), 8(1), 17
[1996] UKPC 23; [1997] AC 38; [1996] 3 WLR 448; [1994] 2 HKC 11, PC
Appellate History
Chung Ping Kwan v Lam Island Development Co Ltd [1994] 2 HKC 11
Decision of the Court of Appeal of Hong Kong reversed
Chung Ping Kwan v Lam Island Development Co Ltd [1996] UKPC 23; [1997] AC 38; [1996] 3 WLR 448; [1994] 2 HKC 11, PC