WONG CHEE SING (OR WONG CHE SING) (BY HIS NEXT FRIEND WONG TAK KWAN LILIAN) V. HUNG WAH TRADING AS TAK HING LUNG MEDICINE CO. AND ANOTHER

[2025] HKCA 732 Court of Appeal 7 August 2025 • CACV595/2021 • 5 min read
3 cases cited (0 SG, 3 foreign)

Practice Areas

Rules of the District Court

Judges (3)

Cheung Coram G Lam Coram Kwan Coram

Counsel (6)

Deacons Firm Liu, Chan & Lam Firm Andrew Mak Counsel Defendant Audrey Eu Counsel Plaintiff Jamie Pang Counsel Defendant Maurice J Chan Counsel Plaintiff

Summary

Wong Chee Sing (by his next friend Wong Tak Kwan Lilian) brought an adverse possession claim against Hung Wah trading as Tak Hing Lung Medicine Co. regarding the ground floor rear of 50 Battery Street, Kowloon. The Court of Appeal allowed the appeal, finding the trial judge had conflated the concepts of possession and ownership and that payment of government rents was not a prerequisite for adverse possession. A CFA leave application was refused.

Statutes Cited

Rules of the District Court (Cap 336H)

Cases Cited (3)

UK (1)
[2003] 1 AC 419
HK (2)
[2020] HKDC 1032 [2021] HKCA 1611

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 732)