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Mercantile Mutual Life Insurance Co Ltd v Gosper

(1991) 25 NSWLR 32

JurisdictionAustralia

CourtNew South Wales Court of Appeal

Year1991

StatusPersuasive authority

Key Principle

A registered mortgagee's otherwise indefeasible title may be defeated by an in personam claim where the mortgagee, as custodian of the registered proprietor's certificate of title, has itself enabled the registration of a forged variation.

Area of Law

Related Cases

Stevens v Head [1993] HCA 19; (1993) 176 CLR 433

McKain v R W Miller & Co (SA) Pty Ltd [1991] HCA 56; (1991) 174 CLR 1

Breavington v Godleman [1988] HCA 40; (1988) 169 CLR 41

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