Read the full judgment text of CACV 000211/1996 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 29 January 1997.
1. By an Originating Summons, a developer (the plaintiff) sought a true construction of a restrictive covenant in a Crown lease for No. 1 Homantin Hill Road, Kowloon. The plaintiff also prayed for declarations and injunction against the Director of Lands (the defendant) on his alleged representation with respect to another restrictive covenant in the same Crown lease. Of the six restrictive covenants in the Crown lease, together with the Crown lessee the plaintiff as developer took issue with th