Read the full judgment text of CACV 53/2008 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 18 February 2010.
1. Nos. 17 and 19, Yik Yam Street, Happy Valley, Hong Kong (“the building”), was a pre-war building with 4 storeys divided into 8 residential units. It was registered in the name of one Ng Hop Yick in the 1930s. He died in 1941. The property was then registered in the name of his executrix Ng Chan Shi on 29 May 1947. Ng Chan Shi assigned the building to Ng Chuek Lau and Ng Chuek Jing as tenants in common (“the Ngs”) on 4 December 1968 and registered the assignment in the Land Registry by memoria
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