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Re Li Sing Kui (deceased) [2025] HKCA 898

[2025] HKCA 898
JurisdictionHong Kong
CourtHong Kong Court of Appeal
Year2025
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A claim to adverse possession against a deceased's estate fails where the claimant cannot prove the essential elements of factual possession and an intention to possess (animus possidendi), and occupation that began and continued with the permission or licence of the estate's executors or their permittees cannot ripen into adverse possession.

Area of Law

property

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