Read the full judgment text of HCMP 002737/1993 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 8 December 1993.
1. This is an application by originating summons, brought under the Partition Ordinance, Cap.352, which enables the court to make an order for a partition or sale of property owned by joint tenants or tenants in common. The property in question in the instant case is Flat C, 9th Floor, Pao Woo Mansion formerly known as Paul Y. Apartments, 177 - 179 Wanchai Road and 51 Cross Lane, Hong Kong. There is obviously no question of partitioning this property. What the plaintiff is really after is an ord