YIM TIN FOOK, SINCE DECEASED (YIM LOK MAN WINNE, APPOINTED BY ORDER DATED 10 MAY 2024 TO REPRESENT THE ESTATE OF YIM TIN FOOK, DECEASED) AND ANOTHER V. YU CHOR LAI, KONG WAI HUNG AND SOU KA LUN TRADING AS WANG CHEUNG INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS CO AND ANOTHER

[2025] HKCA 772 Court of Appeal 25 August 2025 • CACV5/2020 • 6 min read
4 cases cited (0 HK, 4 foreign)

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Summary

Yim Tin Fook (deceased, represented by Yim Lok Man Winne) and Yim Tin Yau brought a civil appeal against Yu Chor Lai and others in a property dispute concerning unregistered instruments and land at Battery Street, Kowloon. This was a consequential decision on relief and costs following the Court of Appeal's earlier substantive judgment on the land registration issues.

Cases Cited (4)

UK (1)
[1992] 1 WLR 1207
HK (3)

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