SUCCESS LANE DEVELOPMENT LTD V. FERGURSON HONG KONG LTD TRADING AS NEW WORLD MILLENIUM HONG KONG HOTEL (and 1 other)

[2024] HKCA 926 Court of Appeal 15 October 2024 • CAMP146/2024; CAMP154/2024 • 17 min read

10 cases cited (0 HK, 10 foreign) Cited by 4 cases

Practice Areas

Contract & Commercial Disputes

Judges (2)

G Lam Coram Kwan Coram

Counsel (3)

Y T Chan & Co Firm Cedric Yeung Counsel Defendant Messrs Titus Counsel Plaintiff

Parties (2)

Fergurson Hong Kong Limited Defendant Success Lane Development Limited Plaintiff

Case Significance

Success Lane Development Ltd v Fergurson Hong Kong Ltd Trading As New World Millenium Hong Kong Hotel (and 1 other) [2024] HKCA 926 is a Court of Appeal decision in the contract and commercial disputes area, dated 15 October 2024. It sits within an extended run of litigation between the same parties before the District Court and Court of Appeal, including Success Lane Development Ltd v Fergurson Hong Kong Ltd T/A New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel [2024] HKDC 44, [2024] HKDC 25, [2024] HKDC 1072, [2024] HKDC 336, [2024] HKDC 1221 and [2024] HKDC 1222, together with the related Court of Appeal proceeding Success Lane Development Ltd v Fergurson Hong Kong Ltd Trading As New World Millenium Hong Kong Hotel (and 3 others) [2024] HKCA 839. The dispute continued after this decision, generating further District Court judgments between the same parties, Success Lane Development Ltd v Fergurson Hong Kong Ltd T/A New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel [2025] HKDC 17 and [2025] HKDC 46, as well as separate insolvency proceedings, Re Success Lane Development Ltd [2025] HKCFI 1121 and [2025] HKCFI 3409.

What kind of dispute is Success Lane Development Ltd v Fergurson Hong Kong Ltd Trading As New World Millenium Hong Kong Hotel (and 1 other) [2024] HKCA 926?

It is a Court of Appeal contract and commercial dispute decided on 15 October 2024, part of an extended litigation history with the District Court judgments Success Lane Development Ltd v Fergurson Hong Kong Ltd T/A New World Millennium Hong Kong Hotel [2024] HKDC 44, [2024] HKDC 1072 and related proceedings.

What happened after the Court of Appeal decision in the Success Lane Development litigation ([2024] HKCA 926)?

The dispute continued with further District Court judgments between the same parties in 2025, [2025] HKDC 17 and [2025] HKDC 46, alongside separate insolvency proceedings, Re Success Lane Development Ltd [2025] HKCFI 1121 and [2025] HKCFI 3409.

Cases Cited (10)

HK (10)

[2016] 3 HKLRD 815 [2021] HKCFI 631 [2023] HKDC 1325 [2024] HKCA 839 [2024] HKDC 1072 [2024] HKDC 1221 [2024] HKDC 1222 [2024] HKDC 25 [2024] HKDC 336 [2024] HKDC 44

Cited By (4)

[2025] HKCFI 3409

RE SUCCESS LANE DEVELOPMENT LTD

[2025] HKCFI 1121

RE SUCCESS LANE DEVELOPMENT LTD

[2025] HKDC 46

SUCCESS LANE DEVELOPMENT LTD V. FERGURSON HONG KONG LTD T/A NEW WORLD MILLENNIUM HONG KONG HOTEL

[2025] HKDC 17

SUCCESS LANE DEVELOPMENT LTD V. FERGURSON HONG KONG LTD T/A NEW WORLD MILLENNIUM HONG KONG HOTEL

Citation influence

HKLII records this judgment as cited by 4 later judgments. This counts every later Hong Kong judgment that references this case, which is broader than the resolved citations listed above.

[2025] HKCFI 1121 Court of First Instance

18 March 2025

[2025] HKDC 17 District Court

2 January 2025

[2025] HKCFI 3409 Court of First Instance

31 July 2025

[2025] HKDC 46 District Court

13 January 2025