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• Title:Property law in Hong Kong : an introductory guide / Stephen D. Mau.
  
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• Author/Creator:Mau, Stephen D., author.
  
• Published/Created:Hong Kong : Hong Kong University Press, 2014.
  

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  • Location:LAW LIBRARY (level 3)Where is this?
    
  • Call Number: KNQ9317.3 .M38 2014
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Real property--China--Hong Kong.
  Conveyancing--China--Hong Kong.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xxxiii, 212 p. ; 22 cm
  
• ISBN:9789888208616 (pbk.)
  9888208616 (pbk.)
  
• Contents:Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction to Property [
  ] Generally
  A. Overview
  B. Organization
  C. Definition
  D. Possession and Bailment
  E. Possession and the Finder Doctrine
  F. Classification of Property
  2. Estates
  A. Freehold Estate
  i. Fee Simple
  ii. Fee Tail
  iii. Life Estate
  B. Co-ownership [
  ] Types
  i. Joint Tenancy
  ii. Tenancy in Common
  C. Co-ownership [
  ] Creation
  D. Co-ownership [
  ] Determination
  3. Licence and Leasehold Estate
  A. Introduction
  B. Licence [
  ] Types
  i. Bare Licence
  ii. Licence Coupled with an Interest
  iii. Contractual Licence
  C. Leases [
  ] Definition
  i. Exclusive Possession
  ii. Fixed Duration
  D. Leases [
  ] Types
  i. Fixed-term Lease
  ii. Periodic Lease
  iii. Tenancy at Will
  iv. Tenancy at Sufferance
  E. Leases [
  ] Formal Requirements
  F. Obligations of Landlords and Tenants
  i. Landlord's Implied Covenants
  ii. Tenant's Implied Covenants
  iii. Usual Covenants
  iv. Remedies for Breach of Covenants
  4. Alienation and Determination of Lease
  A. Alienation of Leases
  B. Determination of a Lease
  i. Lapse of Time
  ii. Notice
  iii. Surrender
  iv. Merger
  v. Forfeiture
  a. Relief against Forfeiture
  b. Waiver
  vi. Estoppel
  vii. Distress
  C. Domestic Leases
  i. Landlord's Procedures under the Former Provisions
  ii. Tenant's Procedures under the Former Provisions
  iii. Landlord's Grounds for Opposition under the Former Provisions
  iv. Lands Tribunal's Procedures under the Former Provisions
  D. Commercial Leases
  E. Transfer of Deposits
  5. Fixtures
  6. Adverse Possession
  7. Servitudes
  A. Easements
  B. Profit a Prendre
  C. Creation of Servitudes
  i. By Statue
  ii. By Express Grant
  iii. By Express Reservation
  iv. By Implied Grant
  a. Under the rule in the case of Wheeldon v Burrows
  b. Arising by Necessity
  c. Servitudes of Common Intention
  d. Implied Reservation
  e. Presumed Grant (Prescription)
  1. Prescription at Common Law [
  ] User since Time Immemorial
  2. Doctrine of Lost Modern Grant
  3. Prescription Act 1832
  D. Extinguishment of Servitudes
  i. Legislation
  ii. Express Release
  iii. Implied Release
  iv. Unity of Possession and Ownership
  v. Effluction of Time
  vi. Alteration in the Dominant Tenement
  E. Restrictive Covenants
  8. Mortgages
  A. Mortgages
  B. Legal Mortgage
  C. Equitable Mortgage
  D. Landholding in Hong Kong [
  ] Leasehold Mortgage
  i. Mortgagee's Rights and Remedies
  a. Damages
  b. Entry into Possession
  c. Foreclosure
  d. Exercise of the Power of Sale
  e. Receivers
  ii. Mortgagor's Rights and Remedies
  9. Leasehold Ownership in Hong Kong
  10. Multi-storey Buildings in Hong Kong
  A. Ownership Schemes
  i. Consent Scheme
  ii. Non-consent Scheme
  B. Incorporated Owners
  C. Deed of Mutual Covenant
  11. Sale and Purchase Agreements
  A. General Legal Considerations
  B. Preliminary Agreements/Provisional Agreements
  i. Role of the Estate Agent
  ii. Contents of Preliminary Agreements
  iii. Enforceability of Preliminary Agreements
  C. Formal Sale and Purchase Agreement
  i. Generally
  ii. Contents of the Sale and Purchase Agreement
  D. Remedies
  i. Specific Performance
  ii. Repudiation and Rescission
  iii. Action to Recover Damages
  iv. Other Remedies
  a. Forfeiture of Deposit
  b. Liquidated Damages [
  ] Payable by Seller
  c. Liquidated Damages [
  ] Payable by Buyer
  d. Exclusion of Common Law Remedies
  E. Assignment
  i. Formal Requirements and Practices
  ii. Confirmations
  iii. Nominations
  iv. Covenants and Obligations
  v. Mortgages
  vi. Co-ownerships and Multi-storey Buildings
  F. Completion
  i. Completion Practices
  ii. Stamp Duty
  iii. Land Registration
  iv. Title Registration.