Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000982/1982 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 29 April 1983.
1. The plaintiff in these proceedings is a limited company which, between 1974 and 1976, acquired the Block Crown lease of a number of parcels of land in the New Territories terminating 3 days prior to the expiry in 1997 of the lease by China to Great Britain of such Territories. The meaning of the expression "Block Crown lease" is explained in the Reasons for Judgment of the Hong Kong Court of Appeal in Attorney General v. Melhado Investment Ltd . given on 13th March 1983. It was hoped, if not