Read the full judgment text of on BabelCite. was delivered on 2 December 1997.
1. This assessment of damages follows judgment for the plaintiffs for the vacant possession of property in the Sheung Shui area, which the defendant held over and continued to license for use as a commercial car park on the expiry of his tenancy. It was ordered that damages be assessed at the rate of double the yearly value of the property from the 1st February 1995 to the date of delivery of vacant possession. Vacant possession was in fact delivered on 1st May 1997.