The issues raised in this question are indefensibility and exceptions. In the Torrens system a registered proprietor’s interest is “indefensible”. Section 42(1) of the Real Property Act provides that the registered proprietor’s title is paramount (indefeasible) except fraud. Therefore upon registration, Ron obtained a prima facie indefeasible title immediately. As an unregistered interest, Stan’s intention to re-purchasing of the property would be defeated unless he can invoke exceptions to indefeasibility, such as fraud or personal equity exceptions. 1. Fraud as an exception to indefeasibility As it is clearly stated in the s 42(1), fraud is an exception to indefeasibility. Although the Act did not provide the definition of a fraud, but …show more content…
RIGHTS IN PERSONAM (PERSONAL EQUITIES) Apart from the fraud exception stipulated in the Act as discussed in the above section, there are exceptions to indefeasibility based on personal equities or rights in personam. The personal equity may arise because of the conduct of the registered proprietor before or after the registration. In Bahr v Nicolay (No 2), Wilson and Toohey JJ stated that indefeasibility does not protect a registered proprietor from the consequences of his own conducts where those conducts give rise to a personal equity in another. Furthermore, as Brennan J pointed out: the purchaser who not only has notice of an antecedent unregistered interest but also purchases on terms that he will be bound by the unregistered interest is subject to that interest. Akin to Bahr v Nicolay, by notice of the Stan’s interest in the property and gave the promise to honour the agreement, Stan’s interest constituted an equitable interest in the land. Ron became subject to a constructive trust in favour of Stan. If Ron repudiates the unregistered interest after registration, he is, in equity’s eye, acting fraudulently and he may be compelled to honour the unregistered …show more content…
Although re-purchase agreement was written in the agreement between Stan and Tom, Ron’s undertaken is oral only to Tom. It could be difficult for the court to prove that Ron’s undertaken was firm and certain. Ron could argue that he was only taking notice of the interest, but merely promise to honour
ii) If one is the owner or operator, liability may attach even if some other
Gummow and Bell JJ concluded that clause 1 of the Deed signed Rural’s debts and its interests under the loan agreements to Equuscorp. Their Honours observed that the phrase “other remedies for these matters” located in clause 2 assigned a claim in restitution for money had and received . Heydon J agreed with this decision on similar grounds .
Jones was party to the contract and mortgage together with Mrs Jones as surety for her husband, even though Mrs Jones was the actual owner of the property. This produced a legal consequence as it affected the appellants with a conduct on the part of the husband in relation to his wife which raised equities in her favour against the indication of a mortgage. The husband exercised undue influence on Mrs Jones to procure her signature to the mortgage which consisted of no consideration. The plaintiff brought proceedings against the defendant upon a contract to pay interest and principal contained in the mortgage over the property at Walkerville owned by Mrs Jones. It was understood that Mrs Jones executed the mortgage without understanding the effect of the contract and presumed various false misrepresentations. She argued that the mortgage which she s...
Fraud is usually comprehended as deceptive nature calculated for advantage. And usually this kind of people might be called a fraud. According to the U.S. legal system, fraud is a particular offense with specific features. Fraud must be proved by showing that the defendant’s actions involved five separate elements: 1. A false statement of a material fact; 2. Knowledge on the part of the defendant that the statement is untrue; 3. Intent on the part of the defendant to deceive the alleged victim; 4. Justifiable reliance by the alleged victim on the statement; 5. Injury to the alleged victim as a
...useless car to a junk yard to recover some loss, but the difference of the re-sale of the junk-car would be a significant loss. Though there were no adequate assurances to the contract, anticipatory repudiation is the only probable remedy for Jack. However, the outcome would weigh on the predominant factor test, which is met because Tom is covered as a merchant because he is operating in his usual daily business, and Jack is the buyer. The sole purpose of the contract was for Tom to sell Jack a car, and for Jack to buy a car from Tom. The UCC, though less stringent than the statute of frauds, does effectively regulate commercial transfers allowing the free market to operate without diminishing the integrity of trade.
...o the purchaser of unregistered land should the disposition be ultra vires, assuming that there is no actual notice of such then overreaching can take place. This has now evolved into their being no requirement for absence of notice. In addition Section 70 (1) (g) of the LRA 1925 protected as an overriding interest the property rights of those in actual occupation of the land as described by Lord Denning MR:
Though there is no need for either party to use the word trust, the courts must be able to construe some sort of positive intent that the equitable interest was not to reside in the transferee. However Lord Millett later in Twinsectra Ltd denounces the emphasis previously placed on the party’s intent. Twinsectra involved a borrower seeking short term finance for the purchase of land and Lord Millett in this case states that Quistclose trusts are resulting trusts which arise by operation of law. His conclusion is based on the theory that resulting trust emerges when there is a transfer of property in circumstances in which the transferor did not intend to benefit the recipient. Carnworth J, however contends that from Twinsectra it seems that the parties place no real significance to the purpose so even applying Lord Millett’s newly configured resulting trust analysis, there is no real intent on the lenders part to ensure that the recipient does not receive the money at his free disposal. Furthermore, a key aspect of any intent to create a trust always revolves around the funds being held separately and so by devaluing this factor Lord Millett is detracting from traditional trust law principles and in the process is making it much easier to find a Quistclose trust in situations where it was never
Those who are to benefit from the covenant in today’s law can now be referred to by some generic description a description of class for example the 'owners of Hudson' however they must be in existence when the covenant is made and they must also be identifiable moreover the covenant must clearly be intended to be made with them as well. The cases of (White v Bijou Mansions) (1937)4 and (Amsprop Trading v Harris Distribution) (1997)5 are examples which illustrate and support the view of the LPA 1925, s.56(1).... ... middle of paper ... ... Benefits of a covenant may also be subject to express assignment at common law as long as it is not a personal covenant; it must also be done in writing and notice must be given to the covenantor under s.136 LPA 19259.
There is uncertainty surrounding the law in regards to the ownership of property and proprietary estoppel. This paper will deal with these issues by analysing two cases that involve these questions. It will first address Jack’s case and whether the two objects in question are chattels or fixtures; then, it will examine a Laurence’s case and whether he can rely on proprietary estoppel or not. By dealing with the two cases, this paper will clarify questions of what constitutes a chattel or fixture, and in what situations proprietary estoppel may apply.
For land to be registered to a person in Australia it must be registered under the Torrens Title Registry; a sector of government that holds the entire land title register and thus is evidence to prove the fee-simple ownership rights (freehold title) as the owner. The Torrens Title is ‘a system of title by registration’, meaning a buyer can only receive the title of a parcel of land if it is first registered (Breskvar v Wall, 1971). Once an owner is registered into the title of the land, the owner has indefeasibility, meaning that once a title is registered to the registered proprietor it cannot be effected by any previous defects that may have existed in the title prior to registration (Stewart, C. 2009). The significance of this registration
To gain a better understanding of the Federal False Claims Act, 31 U.S.C. §§ 3729-33, one must first consider when and how the law was established. According to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) (n.d.), this law was first “enacted in 1863 by a Congress concerned that suppliers of goods to the Union Army during the Civil War were defrauding the Army” (p. 1). Since its original presentation, the law has been amended – significant changes were made in 1986, followed by three more ame...
It has been generally acknowledged that the doctrine of proprietary estoppel has much in common with common intention constructive trusts, i.e. those that concern the acquisition of an equitable interest in another person’s land. In effect, the general aim is the recognition of real property rights informally created. The similarity between the two doctrines become clear in a variety of cases where the court rely on either of the two doctrines. To show the distinction between the doctrines, this essay will analyse the principles, roots and rationale of both doctrines. With reference to the relevant case law it will be possible to highlight the subtle differences between the doctrines in the cases where there seems to be some overlap. Three key cases where this issue surfaced were the following: Lloyds Bank Plc v. Rosset (1991), Yaxley v. Gotts (1999) and Stack v. Dowden (2007). This essay will describe the relevant judgements in these cases in order to show the differences between the two doctrines.
One of the special concepts in land law is of overriding interests. The standard practice in the English land law is all the interest and rights affecting or is binding over particular a land should be registered in the Register. However, the concept of overriding interest denotes that there are interests which are binding on the owner (the registered proprietor) regardless of not being formally registered. It was introduced because in that era it was though that it would be unreasonable and unjust to overlook such rights and interest enjoyed. Overriding interests need not be registration to bind the legal owner of the land. Therefore, if the land is sold to another person the interests and rights would not be lost. It can be said that overriding by nature are unregistered if they are registered they will cease to be an overriding interest.
Both the common law and the statutory law have recognized the weaker position of consumers. It is well established an exclusion clause will be valid and enforceable only if it is incorporated in the contract, use clear wordings and does not contravene statutory limits. In order to limit the unfairness resulting from exclusion clauses, the courts have developed certain principles such as the doctrine of non est factum in signature cases, ‘red ink-red hand’ principle in relation to ‘onerous or unusual’ terms, contra proferentem rule when interpreting ambiguous exclusion clauses and ‘fundamental breach’ principle.
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