Read the full judgment text of HCMP 000864/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 20 June 2001.
1. The parties live at a village in the Pat Heung area of the New Territories, known as Wan Toi San Sun Tsuen. It is the ancestral home of both their families. The plaintiff, Mr Lok Yau Loi, is claiming title by adverse possession to an area of land adjacent to his own land, on a lot of which the defendants are the owners. The action was commenced on 20 March 1997, so in order to establish title the plaintiff must prove continuous adverse possession for 20 years, i.e. since 20 March 1977. The de