Issues In Property Law

You are invited to a meeting of the online Property Law Discussion Group at 12.15pm on 26 May (Wed). The speaker is Ms Yasmine Zahir,...

by Professor Michael Lower, CUHK LAW Introduction This blog post takes as its starting point the statement of Hon L Chan J. in Ng Yuk Pui...

by Mr. Fung Lap Tin, CUHK LAW PCLL candidate Introduction Can I grant a lease over the Ocean Park? Common sense says that I cannot,...

by Professor Michael Lower, CUHK LAW Toms v Ruberry In Toms v Ruberry ([2019] EWCA Civ 128), the forfeiture clause in a business lease...

Author - Michael Lower The lease / licence distinction and why it matters If a landowner agrees to allow someone else to occupy his or...

Author - Michael Lower The inference of a trust when the family home is owned by a company controlled by a spouse In Prest v Petrodel...

Author - Jenny To Introduction Dixon proposed that ‘Stack is all things to all judges’ (Dixon, 2007, 460) given that the court is...

Author - Sam Kwan Chun Wai Introduction The lease is considered a legal estate in Hong Kong (section 2, Conveyancing and Property...

Author - Austin Chan Tsz Him Rival doctrines for dealing with ownership of the family home When it comes to disputes about the ownership...

Author - Fong Ka Kei Introduction The question addressed here is whether the need to show detrimental reliance in making a common...

Author - Cheng Ho Man A. Introduction Stack v Dowden ([2007] UKHL 17) looked at how the beneficial ownership of property is to be...

Author - Leung Hoi Ming “No Court will lend its aid to a man who founds his cause of action upon an immoral or an illegal act” (Holman v...