Read the full judgment text of HCA 008077/2000 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 9 April 2001.
1. The matter before the court is by way of an appeal from an Order of Master Lung dated 5 February 2001. The plaintiff seeks effectively default judgment under Order 19 rule 7 on its claim for a declaration based on adverse possession in respect of a piece of land in Yuen Long. The defendant is described in the writ as "Person Unknown" and in the Statement of Claim, he is referred to as the "recorded private owner" of the relevant land. That the defendant is not identified in the writ, prima fa