Castle Constructions Pty Limited v Sahab Holdings Pty Ltd

[2013] HCA 11
Judgment date
Case number
S263/2012
Before
Hayne, Crennan, Kiefel, Bell, Gageler JJ
Catchwords

Real property – Torrens system land – Easements – Registered proprietor of servient tenement requested Registrar-General remove easement from Register – Easement removed from Register without objection from registered proprietors of dominant tenement – Subsequent purchaser of dominant tenement requested that Registrar-General restore easement to Register – Registrar-General refused – Whether deliberate removal of easement from Register "omission" within meaning of s 42(1)(a1) of Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) ("Act") – Whether subsequent purchaser of dominant tenement barred from action against Registrar-General under s 12A(3) of Act for removal of easement – Whether subsequent purchaser "person who is dissatisfied" with Registrar-General's decision under s 122 of Act.

Words and phrases – "in the case of the omission", "omission", "person who is dissatisfied".

Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) – ss 12(1)(d), 12A, 32(6), 41, 42(1), 42(1)(a1), 122, 136, 138.

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