Australia Leading Case indefeasibilityin personam exceptionconstructive trust

Bahr v Nicolay (No 2)

[1988] HCA 16; (1988) 164 CLR 604

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtHigh Court of Australia

Year1988

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Indefeasibility does not bar an in personam claim: where a registered proprietor takes subject to an express acknowledgement and undertaking to honour a prior unregistered interest, equity will enforce that obligation against the registered title.

Area of Law

Land & Property

Related Cases

Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd [2007] HCA 45; (2007) 233 CLR 528

Black v Garnock [2007] HCA 31; (2007) 230 CLR 438

Progressive Mailing House Pty Ltd v Tabali Pty Ltd [1985] HCA 14; (1985) 157 CLR 17

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