Property
Real and personal property, leases, easements, mortgages, equitable interests. Torrens title is the spine.
Dominant casebooks
- Sackville and Neave Australian Property Law — Edgeworth, Rossiter, Stone & Grattan · LexisNexis (11th)dominant
- Australian Property Law — S Hepburn · Lawbook Co (5th)
Briefed authorities
- Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 528
Easement construction — Torrens register is the source, no extrinsic evidence.
- Black v Garnock Black v Garnock (2007) 230 CLR 438
Caveat priority — purchaser bound by writ-of-execution registered before completion.
- Western Australia v Ward Western Australia v Ward (2002) 213 CLR 1
Native title is a bundle of rights — extinguishment must be examined right by right.
- Yanner v Eaton Yanner v Eaton (1999) 201 CLR 351
Crown 'property' in fauna does not extinguish indigenous rights to take fauna.
- Wik Peoples v Queensland Wik Peoples v Queensland (1996) 187 CLR 1
Pastoral leases do not necessarily extinguish native title.
- Mabo v Queensland (No 2) Mabo v Queensland (No 2) (1992) 175 CLR 1
Native title recognised at common law; rejection of terra nullius.
- Mercantile Mutual Life Insurance Co Ltd v Gosper Mercantile Mutual Life Insurance Co Ltd v Gosper (1991) 25 NSWLR 32
Forgery and indefeasibility — qualified rights of registered proprietor against innocent third party.
- Bahr v Nicolay (No 2) Bahr v Nicolay (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 604
Personal-equity exception to indefeasibility under Torrens.
- Calverley v Green Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242
Resulting trust where parties contribute unequally to purchase price.
- Frazer v Walker Frazer v Walker [1967] 1 AC 569
Indefeasibility of title under Torrens — registered proprietor takes free of unregistered interests.
Briefs follow the Australian Guide to Legal Citation 4th ed. Source judgments via AustLII. Browse the full AU case library for every briefed authority across Priestley 11.