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Neighbourhood Committee Appointed Guardian: Inheritance Claim Upheld
A flat in Baoshan District was registered to the late Mrs Wang. Her surviving heirs were her husband, her son and her daughter. The son was appointed …
Construction Contract Dispute: Judgment and Recovery of Payments
Shanghai Weida Technology paid RMB 1.68 million to Henan Pushan Real Estate under an off-set housing arrangement for a project. Pushan never delivered…
Kitchen Equipment Installation Dispute: Appeal Dismissed
An equipment company contracted to supply and install kitchen equipment for a hotel for RMB 490,000. The contract was amended in handwriting to record…
Homestead Demolition: Inheritance Claim for a RMB 3.67 Million Flat
Huang A and Huang B are siblings. Their father died in 1984 and their mother in 1999. In 1991 the homestead use right in Pudong was registered to the …
Sub-contract Claim of RMB 2 Million Resolved by Settlement
Weida contracted with Jianye for sub-contract works on a Shanghai entertainment project. Weida completed the installation works, the owner confirmed p…
Fit-out Sub-contract: Claim Dismissed in Full
Jiazhuang contracted with a third party for the fit-out of a karaoke venue at a contract price of RMB 7.4 million. Jiazhuang then sub-contracted the w…
Court Upholds a “Home for Care” Bequest Agreement
An elderly woman over eighty, widowed and childless, applied to the Ruijin Second Road Sub-district Office to act as her guardian for admission to a c…
Hong Kong Divorce: Dividing Mainland Matrimonial Property
Both spouses were Hong Kong residents married in the United States. The wife obtained a decree absolute in the Hong Kong District Court in November 20…
RMB 25 Million: Relocation Compensation or Contract Payment?
A developer concluded a contract worth nearly RMB 20 million with Xianghe Property in respect of land required for a relocation project. The village c…
RMB 7 Million Paid in Full, Then Seized: Objection Upheld
Chen and Zhang bought a Pudong flat from Developer Jia for RMB 7 million under a pre-sale contract, paid in instalments, received an invoice and took …