Sidoti v Hardy

(2021) 105 NSWLR 1; [2021] NSWCA 105

NSW Court of Appeal

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Catchwords

1. Land Law
2. › Adverse possession
3. › Actual possession
4. › Old system title
5. › Conversion to Torrens title
6. › Limited title
7. › Whether adverse possession commencing before creation of limited folio preserved by s 45C(2)
8. › Whether possessory application under s 45D available
9. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), ss 28U, 45C, 45D
1. Land Law
2. › Torrens system
3. › Indefeasibility of title
4. › Exceptions to indefeasibility
5. › Limited title
6. › Wrong description of parcels or boundaries
7. › Whether inchoate possessory interest constitutes wrong description
8. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), ss 28U(2), 42(1)(c), 118(4)(b)
1. Limitation of Actions
2. › Actions to recover land
3. › Adverse possession
4. › Interaction of Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) with Real Property Act 1900 (NSW)
5. › Whether limitation periods apply to land in limited folio
6. › Limitation Act 1969 (NSW), ss 27, 65
7. › Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 45C
1. Mortgages and Securities
2. › Mortgages
3. › Duties, rights and remedies of mortgagee
4. › Right to notice of proceedings affecting mortgagee's interest
5. › Whether absence of notice to registered mortgagee required appeal to be allowed

Quick Take

Inchoate adverse possession claims existing at the time of a limited folio's creation may be preserved by s 45C(2) and may constitute a 'wrong description' exception to indefeasibility under s 28U(2), even where the limitation period has not expired at the time of conversion.