A reservation of liberty to apply in orders requiring transfer of property extends to the determination of liability for outstanding rates and taxes that constitute an impediment to effecting the transfer, even where that issue was not specifically canvassed at trial. The liberty to apply is not limited to pure matters of machinery but extends to substantive questions necessary to implement the principal relief. The overriding purpose of just, efficient and timely determination of litigation (O 1 r 4B of the Rules of the Supreme Court 1971 (WA)) informs the scope of the liberty.
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