黃得雄 v. 朱鳳球CACV 189/2007

S’s words:-
Many people always ask whether it is the duty of a landlord or a tenant to repair the premises. Another simple judgment of the Court of Appeal again reiterated the position of common law that unless there is an express agreement of the parties for imposing the landlord an obligation to repair, there is never any implied term on the landlord to repair. When a landlord instructs a solicitor to prepare a tenancy agreement on his behalf, the solicitor would usually prepare an agreement with covenants saying that the landlord is not responsible for such repair. However, when a landlord wants to save his pocket, he should better check carefully the Standard Tenancy(標準租約) he acquired from shops.

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判決書日期: 2007年6月29日

當一份租約沒有明文條款令到業主有責任修補處所時，根據普通法，一位業主是沒有任何隱含的責任須要負責修補處所的（Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong第17（1）冊，2007年再發行，《業主與租客》第235.289段)，而一位業主把地方租出時，亦沒有作出隱含的適用性的保證(warranty of fitness) （Halsbury’s Laws of Hong Kong如上, 第235.292段）。而且，一位業主不修補處所是不構成違反安寧享有的契約條款的 (covenant for quiet enjoyment)，亦不構成減損土地的批予 (derogation from grant) (Halsbury’s Laws of England, 4th Ed. Vol. 27(1) 2006 reissue, p.533, paragraph 514)。