中紀投資有限公司 CENTRE CHASE INVESTMENT LIMITED V. 青山道國際工業大廈業主立案法團 THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF CASTLE PEAK ROAD INTERNATIONAL INDUSTRIAL BUILDING AND STL COMPANY LIMITED

[2026] HKCFA 26 Court of Final Appeal 18 June 2026 • FACV2/2026 • 37 min read

28 cases cited (0 HK, 28 foreign)

Outcome

Appeal dismissed

I would dismiss the appeal accordingly.

Source: [2026] HKCFA 26, Court of Final Appeal, decided 18 June 2026. Read directly from the judgment.

Judges (5)

Cheung Coram Fok Coram Gummow Coram Lam Coram Ribeiro Coram

Counsel (11)

C.W. Chan & Co Firm Fred Kan & Co Firm Vitus Lawyers Firm Abraham Chan Counsel Appellant Alexander Burg Counsel Respondent Henry Cheng Counsel Appellant John Leung Counsel Appellant Lawrence K F Ng Counsel Appellant Lewis Law Counsel Respondent Lok Ho Counsel Respondent Mike Lui Counsel Respondent

Parties (3)

Centre Chase Investment Limited Unknown Stl Company Limited Respondent The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building Respondent

Case Significance

Centre Chase Investment Limited (中紀投資有限公司) v The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building and STL Company Limited (青山道國際工業大廈業主立案法團) [2026] HKCFA 26 was decided by the Court of Final Appeal on 18 June 2026. The judgment follows the Court of Appeal's earlier ruling between the same parties, Centre Chase Investment Ltd v The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building and Another [2024] HKCA 1179.

In its reasons, the Court referred to other Court of Final Appeal decisions issued in 2026, including Leong Ma Li v High Fashion New Media Corporation Limited [2026] HKCFA 18 and Mai, Jieping trading as Fai Tat RMB Exchange v Wong, Chi Hung [2026] HKCFA 14, as well as to the incorporated-owners dispute in The Incorporated Owners of Sun Hing Building v Join Profit (Hong Kong) Ltd and Another [2024] HKCA 589 and its Court of Final Appeal sequel, The Incorporated Owners of Sun Hing Building (新興大廈業主立案法團) v Join Profit (Hong Kong) Limited (聯耀(香港)有限公司), Glory River Development Limited (濠江發展有限公司) [2025] HKCFA 5. The Court's disposition was that: 'I would dismiss the appeal accordingly.'

What did the Court of Final Appeal decide in Centre Chase Investment Limited v The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building [2026] HKCFA 26?

The Court of Final Appeal dismissed the appeal, stating: 'I would dismiss the appeal accordingly.' The case followed the Court of Appeal's earlier decision in Centre Chase Investment Ltd v The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building and Another [2024] HKCA 1179.

What earlier decision preceded Centre Chase Investment Limited v The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building [2026] HKCFA 26?

The Court of Appeal's decision in Centre Chase Investment Ltd v The Incorporated Owners of Castle Peak Road International Industrial Building and Another [2024] HKCA 1179 preceded the Court of Final Appeal's 2026 ruling in the same dispute between the parties.

Statutes Cited

Building Management Ordinance

s 18(1)(c) s 34I

Buildings Ordinance (Cap 123)

Cases Cited (28)

UK (4)

[1937] AC 610 [1981] 2 All ER 204 [2000] EWCA Civ 105 [2010] 3 All ER 771

HK (24)

(2007) 10 HKCFAR 480 (2008) 11 HKCFAR 117 (2008) 11 HKCFAR 403 (2023) 26 HKCFAR 185 [1995] 2 HKC 11 [2003] 3 HKLRD 1 [2008] 5 HKC 312 [2009] 2 HKLRD 573 [2010] 2 HKLRD 1041 [2011] 4 HKLRD 623 [2011] 5 HKLRD 660 [2012] 3 HKC 391 [2014] 4 HKLRD 52 [2016] 2 HKLRD 190 [2018] 2 HKC 599 [2020] 4 HKC 100 [2021] HKCA 1737 [2024] 3 HKLRD 725 [2024] HKCA 1179 [2024] HKCA 589 [2025] 1 HKLRD 532 [2025] HKCFA 5 [2026] HKCFA 14 [2026] HKCFA 18