Read the full judgment text of DCCJ 004219/1979 on BabelCite. This District Court judgment was delivered on 10 December 1979.
1. The plaintiff seeks to recover possession of the suit premises for self-occupation. By his summons, the defendant challenges the plaintiff's capacity in prosecuting this action on the ground that the plaintiff "did not become" landlord before the 15th December 1973 as envisaged by Section 53(2)(b) of the landlord & Tenant (Consolidation) Ordinance, the material part of which reads as follows: