United Kingdom Leading Case uncategorized

Gibbs v Messer

[1891] AC 248 (PC)

JurisdictionUnited Kingdom

CourtJudicial Committee of the Privy Council (on appeal from the Supreme Court of Victoria, Australia)

Year1891

StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

Under the Torrens system, a person who deals with and derives title from a forger (here a fictitious registered proprietor) acquires no indefeasible title; protection extends only to those who deal with a real proprietor whose name is on the register ('deferred indefeasibility').

Area of Law

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

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