Lands Tribunal

Mediation fails to resolve rowson forced sales

28 Mar 2012

Mediation was touted as a quick, cheap way to resolve disputes arising from a controversial law making it easier for developers to buy old buildings, but only two deals have been reached in the...

Time to revisit law and consider minority property owners' rights

25 Sep 2011

With the entry into force on April 1, 2010, of an amendment to the law governing the compulsory sale of land for redevelopment, which reduced from 90 per cent to 80 per cent the proportion of...

Social justice is more than hollow words

4 Apr 2011

Earlier this month, government concessions to lobbying by lawmakers and lawyers to expand the scope of the supplementary legal aid scheme were pitched as though the government was doing its best...

Henderson pays HK$291m for Kowloon building

27 Jan 2011

Henderson Land Development is continuing to buy older buildings in Hong Kong for redevelopment, purchasing a site in Kowloon for HK$291 million at an auction yesterday.

HK$80m sought to refund Hongkong Electric

2 Jun 2010

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Lam says she's a scapegoat for unpopular property developers

Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor says people have been taking their unhappiness with developers out on her.

Bid to delay law on building acquisitions

A controversial law that facilitates redevelopment of old buildings by private developers is likely to be passed tomorrow with the majority of lawmakers indicating support, although others are...

Court test for 'living' succession in villages

New Territories villagers often pass land to their heirs before their death, regarding it as a form of succession similar to transferring it after death, appeal judges heard yesterday.

Plan for acquiring buildings 'unfair'

Plans to make it easier for developers to acquire old buildings where they already own most of the units are being challenged by an alliance of apartment owners and an urban-planning pressure...

41pc success rate for Lands Tribunal trial

A one-year Lands Tribunal pilot scheme in which mediation was encouraged to resolve disputes over building management achieved a 41 per cent success rate. Of 63 cases completed by mediators, 26...

Government wins latest round in row over rents

The government's grip over more than HK$1.2 billion in disputed rents appears to have solidified with the Lands Tribunal having approved its method for calculating the amount owing for development...