YIM TIN FOOK, SINCE DECEASED (YIM LOK MAN WINNE, APPOINTED BY ORDER DATED 10 MAY 2024 TO REPRESENT THE ESTATE OF YIM TIN FOOK, DECEASED) AND ANOTHER V. YU CHOR LAI, KONG WAI HUNG AND SOU KA LUN TRADING AS WANG CHEUNG INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS CO AND ANOTHER

[2025] HKCA 772 Court of Appeal 25 August 2025 • CACV5/2020 • 6 min read
4 cases cited (0 SG, 4 foreign)

Judges (3)

Barma Coram Chow Coram G Lam Coram

Counsel (9)

Cheung & Co Firm Lui & Law Firm Abel Lam Counsel Plaintiff Andrew Mak Counsel Plaintiff Anson Wong Yu Yat Counsel Plaintiff Audrey Eu Counsel Plaintiff Edward Chan Counsel Plaintiff Wong Cho Lik Counsel Plaintiff Wong, Hui & Co Counsel Defendant

Parties (14)

Chan Wai Kin and Po Yuen Kwan Shirley Defendant TO CHEONG LAM, since deceased (TO SZE ON, appointed by Order dated 7 May 2019 to Represent the Estate of TO CHEONG LAM, Deceased) Plaintiff TO CHEONG LAM, since deceased (TO SZE ON, appointed by Order dated 7 May 2019 to Represent the Estate of TO CHEONG LAM, Deceased) (By Original Action) Defendant W.S. Realty Company Limited Defendant Yu Chor Lai, Kong Wai Hung and Sou Ka Lun Defendant Chan Hi Defendant Leung Kwan Pok Ken Defendant To Shui Ki Defendant Wu Chung Wai (By Counterclaim) Defendant Yeung Hon Sang Defendant Yim Tin Fook Defendant Yim Tin Fook Plaintiff Yim Tin Yau Defendant Yim Tin Yau Plaintiff

Summary

Yim Tin Fook (deceased, represented by Yim Lok Man Winne) and Yim Tin Yau brought a civil appeal against Yu Chor Lai and others in a property dispute concerning unregistered instruments and land at Battery Street, Kowloon. This was a consequential decision on relief and costs following the Court of Appeal's earlier substantive judgment on the land registration issues.

Cases Cited (4)

UK (1)
[1992] 1 WLR 1207
HK (3)
[2019] HKCFI 2511 [2024] HKCA 463 [2025] HKCA 675

Judgment

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Source: HKLII ([2025] HKCA 772)