Valerica v Global Minerals & Ors [2000] NSWSC 1144

Reported Decision : (2001) NSW ConvR 55-963

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Valerica v Global Minerals & Ors [2000] NSWSC 1144 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2764 of 2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 November 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 8 December 2000

Valerica Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Global Minerals Australia Pty Limited (First Defendant) PARTIES : Rhonda Dawn Stafford (Second Defendant) Voula Kekatos (Third Defendant) Susan Stafford (Fourth Defendant) Director of Land Titles and Registrar General (Fifth Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Windeyer J at 1

COUNSEL : Mr J Leslie (Solicitor) (Plaintiff) Mr M Ashhurst (First, Second, Third & Fourth Defendants) Smits Leslie (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : M.D. Nikolaidis & Co (First, Second, Third & Fourth Defendants) K C Hall (Fifth Defendant - submitting appearance) CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING - caveat against dealings - claim based on interest of chargee under charge from transferee of land under unregistered transfer the land having been transferred to another purchaser by transfer alleged to have been obtained by fraud - whether claim was for an interest in land - no caveatable interest LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 Andel Pty Ltd v Century Car Care Pty Ltd [1989] ANZConvR 252 Composite Buyers Ltd v Soong (1995) 38 NSWLR 286 Forsyth v Blundell (1973) 129 CLR 477 CASES CITED : Naismith v Smith (1954) VLR 567 Re McKean's Caveat [1988] 1 QdR 524 Re Pile's Caveat [1981] QdR 81 Shaw v Foster (1872) LR5HL 321 Tanzone Pty Ltd v Westpac Banking Corporation [1999] NSWSC 478 at 45 DECISION : See paragraph 16 and Orders