TAN AND ANOR V SIOPE AND ORS HC AK CIV-2010-404-2543

TAN AND ANOR V SIOPE AND ORS HC AK CIV-2010-404-2543

The Court has jurisdiction; the registered certificate of title is conclusive and not displaced by the defendants' asserted underlying native title; no valid notice of opposition was filed and therefore the proceedings are undefended and the plaintiffs are entitled to proceed.

Citation
openlaw-993a55ab_f3bc_4838_ad7b_cc6972918e43.pdf
Parties
First Plaintiff: Zhao Cheng Tan; Second Plaintiff: Yufan Liang; First Defendant: Silas Richard Siope; Second Defendant: Robert Augustine Nauer; Third Defendant: Hazel Rapai Nauer; Fourth Defendant: Philip Nauer
Court
High Court
Jurisdiction
New Zealand
Judgment Date
15 June 2010
Procedural Posture
Civil Property/possession / Hearing (oral Judgment); Undefended Proceeding Permitted
Outcome
Challenge to jurisdiction rejected; plaintiffs permitted to proceed with undefended proceedings; registered title upheld as conclusive.
Legal Topics
Certificate of Title, Possession, Jurisdictional Challenge, Native Title, Summary Judgment, Undefended Proceeding
Property Law Civil Procedure Indigenous/native Title Jurisdiction Certificate of Title Possession Jurisdictional Challenge Native Title +2 more

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Parties

Zhao Cheng Tan

First Plaintiff

Yufan Liang

Second Plaintiff

Silas Richard Siope

First Defendant

Robert Augustine Nauer

Second Defendant

Hazel Rapai Nauer

Third Defendant

Philip Nauer

Fourth Defendant

Procedural Posture

Civil Property/possession / Hearing (oral Judgment); Undefended Proceeding Permitted

Legal Issues

  1. 1 Whether the Court has jurisdiction over the land despite defendants' native title claim
  2. 2 Whether the registered certificate of title is conclusive and defeats the defendants' claim of underlying native title
  3. 3 Whether the absence of a valid notice of opposition permits the plaintiffs to proceed as undefended

Ratio Decidendi

The Court has jurisdiction; the registered certificate of title is conclusive and not displaced by the defendants' asserted underlying native title; no valid notice of opposition was filed and therefore the proceedings are undefended and the plaintiffs are entitled to proceed.

Court Disposition

Challenge to jurisdiction rejected; plaintiffs permitted to proceed with undefended proceedings; registered title upheld as conclusive.

Orders

  • Proceedings allowed to continue; plaintiff permitted to proceed as undefended proceeding
  • No notice of opposition complying with the Rules has been filed and the challenge to jurisdiction is dismissed