Sinclair v Registrar-General [2010] NSWSC 173

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Sinclair v Registrar-General [2010] NSWSC 173

HEARING DATE(S) : 5 February 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 5 March 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity Division

JUDGMENT OF : Rein J

DECISION : Judgment for the defendant.

CATCHWORDS : LIMITATION OF ACTIONS - limitation of particular actions - actions to recover money recoverable by virtue of an enactment - claim for compensation under Real Property Act 1900 s 129(1) - accrual of cause of action under Limitation Act 1969 s 14(1)(d) - extension or postponement of limitation periods - mistake under Limitation Act 1969 s 56(1) - where defendant mistakenly removed caveat from Register - REAL PROPERTY - Torrens Title - caveats against dealings - who may lodge and what interest sufficient - registered proprietor consenting to caveat - where caveat provided for transfer of land to plaintiffs contingent on an event which had not occurred and might never occur

LEGISLATION CITED : Limitation Act 1969 Real Property Act 1900

CATEGORY : Principal judgment

Brisbane South Health Authority v Taylor (1996) 186 CLR 541 Brown v Heffer (1967) 116 CLR 344 Central Trust and Safe Deposit Company v Snider [1916] 1 AC 266 City of Canada Bay Council v Bonaccorso Pty Ltd [2007] NSWCA 351 Galvasteel Pty Ltd v Monterey Building Pty Ltd (1974) 4 FCR 335 Hillebrand v Penrith Council [2000] NSWSC 1058 Howard v Miller [1915] AC 318 Kirkland v Quinross Pty Limited [2008] NSWSC 286 Legione v Hateley (1983) 152 CLR 406 CASES CITED : Leros Pty Ltd v Terara Pty Ltd (1992) 174 CLR 407 Peco Arts Inc. v Hazlitt Gallery Ltd [1983] 1 WLR 1315 Phillips-Higgins v Harper [1954] 1 QB 411 Registrar-General v Cleaver (1996) 41 NSWLR 713 Samah Zaraah Pty Ltd v 888 Projects Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1041 Stern v Macarthur (1988) 165 CLR 489 Trewin v Flower [1965] NZLR 8 Troncone v Aliperti (1994) 6 BPR 13,291 Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Wheatley v Bower [2001] WASCA 293