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New Zealand Case Law

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  • 28 Oct 2015

    DOUGLAS BANKS AND CHRISTINE SANDRA BANKS v GREY DISTRICT COUNCIL [2015] NZSC 158

    Citation
    [2015] NZSC 158
    Court
    Supreme Court

    Leave to appeal was refused because the proposed appeal raised no issue of general or public importance nor commercial significance, there was no demonstrated risk of miscarriage of justice, the applicants were bound by the terms of the lease they negotiated and signed in 2006, the evidential burden for alleged misrepresentation was not met, earlier leases were not shown to be illegal or to attract relief, and register notations could not alter the legal nature of the registered interest.

    • Lease renewal
    • Rent review
    • Illegal contracts
    • Rectification
    • Discovery and legal privilege
    • Land transfer act notation