WUI FUNG LEE INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED v THE INCORPORATED OWNERS OF HONG KONG MANSION, CAUSEWAY BAY

Read the full judgment text of CACV 571/2019 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 18 December 2020.

1. The question in this appeal is whether a small area (with a floor area of no more than 80 ft 2 ) on the mezzanine floor of Hong Kong Mansion (“ Building ”), at 1 Yee Wo Street, Causeway Bay, belongs to the plaintiff or is a common part of the Building.  As in the judgment below, we shall refer to that area as the “Disputed Area”.  The issue turns on the true construction of the conveyancing documents in light of the relevant background.