Sahab Holdings Pty Ltd v Registrar-General

(2011) 15 BPR 29; [2011] NSWCA 395

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Real Property
2. › Torrens system
3. › Indefeasibility of title
4. › Exceptions to indefeasibility
5. › Omission of easement
6. › Whether expungement of easement from Register constitutes 'omission'
7. › Whether 'omission' requires attribution of fault
8. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 42(1)(a1)
1. Real Property
2. › Torrens system
3. › Powers of Registrar-General
4. › Correction of errors and omissions in Register
5. › Whether expungement of right of way was 'omission' within s 12(1)(d)
6. › Whether 'omission' in s 12(1)(d) to be construed same as 'omission' in s 42(1)(a1)
7. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 12(1)(d)
1. Real Property
2. › Torrens system
3. › Powers of Registrar-General
4. › Power to cancel recordings
5. › Whether recording 'wrongfully obtained'
6. › Whether recording 'made in error'
7. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), ss 32(6), 136
1. Real Property
2. › Torrens system
3. › Powers of Court
4. › Power to order amendment of Register
5. › Whether proceedings for 'recovery' of interest in land
6. › Scope of 'recovery' in s 138(1)
7. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 138

Quick Take

The term 'omission' in s 42(1)(a1) and s 12(1)(d) of the Real Property Act 1900 means 'left out' or 'not there' irrespective of the cause, including where an easement was actively removed from the Register by the Registrar-General. The Court's power under s 122 is a merits-based review, not limited to judicial review in the administrative law sense, and lapse of time alone does not remove the power. The term 'recovery' in s 138(1) encompasses claims for interests in land to which a party was always entitled but which were taken by a defective process.