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Assets Co Ltd v Mere Roihi

[1905] AC 176; [1905] UKPC 11 (PC)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the Court of Appeal of New Zealand)

Year1905

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Indefeasibility of a registered title under the Torrens system can be defeated only by fraud brought home to the registered proprietor or its agents; 'fraud' for this purpose means actual dishonesty, not mere notice of an unregistered interest or constructive/equitable fraud.

Area of Law

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R (Carson) v Secretary of State for Work and Pensions [2006] 1 AC 173; [2005] UKHL 37

Canada Trust Co v Stolzenberg (No 2) [1998] 1 WLR 547 (CA); affd [2000] UKHL 51; [2002] 1 AC 1 (HL)

Broadmoor Special Hospital Authority v Robinson [1999] EWCA Civ 3039; [2000] QB 775; [2000] 2 All ER 727; [2000] 1 WLR 1590

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