NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Elfar v Registrar General of New South Wales [2010] NSWSC 539
HEARING DATE(S) : 27, 28 & 30 April 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 4 June 2010
JURISDICTION : Equity
JUDGMENT OF : Ward J
DECISION : Plaintiff's claim dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - claim for compensation out of Torrens Assurance Fund - whether discharge of mortgage registered under the Act was forged - whether plaintiff was complicit in forgery or consented to discharge - whether loss caused by alleged forgery - whether loss a consequence of plaintiff's own acts or omissions - whether plaintiff mitigated loss - HELD - discharge of mortgage not forged - plaintiff's loss of interest in land was not a consequence of fraud - no entitlement to compensation
LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 (NSW)
Behn v Registrar-General [1979] 2 NSWLR 496 British Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Co Ltd v Underground Electric Railways Co of London Ltd [1912] AC 673 Brott v R (1992) 173 CLR 426; (1992) 105 ALR 189; [1992] HCA 5 Burdis v Livsey [2003] QB 36; [2002] 3 WLR 762 Challenger Managed Investments Pty Ltd v Direct Money Corp Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1072; (2003) 59 NSWLR 452 Chandra v Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd [2008] NSWSC 178 Glensaugh Pty Ltd v Registrar-General [2001] 1 NSWSC 1114 Kirkland v Quinross Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 286; (2008) 14 BPR 26,979 Makita (Australia) Pty Limited v Sprowles (2001) 52 NSWLR 705 Malco Engineering Pty Limited v Ferreira & ors (1994) 10 NSWCCR 117 Nina Kung v Wang Din Shin [2005] HKCFA 54 Parker v Registrar-General [1977] 1 NSWLR 22 CASES CITED : Payzu Ltd v Saunders [1919] 2 KB 581 Payzu Ltd v Saunders [1919] 2 KB 581 R v Beard (1837) 8 Car & P 143; 173 ER 434 R v Beardsall (1859) 1 F & F 529; 175 ER 839 R v Forbes (1835) 7 Car & P 224; 173 ER 99 R v Hartshorn (1853) 6 Cox CC 395 R v Parish (1837) 8 Car & P 94; 173 ER 413 Registrar of Titles v Spencer [1909] HCA 9; (1909) 9 CLR 641 Registrar-General v Behn (1981) 148 CLR 562; (1981) 35 ALR 633 Registrar-General v Behn [1980] 1 NSWLR 589; (1980) NSW ConvR 55-002 Segenhoe Ltd v Akins (1990) 29 NSWLR 569 Sotiros Shipping Inc v Sameiet Solholt (The Solholt) [1983] 1 Lloyd's Rep 605 Vella v Permanent Mortgagee Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 505
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