ANZ Banking Group (NZ) Ltd v John F Jones Ltd - [1984] 2 NZLR 29

Commercial law — Chattels transfer — Registration — Constructive notice by virtue of registration — Security over cattle — Document filed in Court was not an exact copy of instrument — Cattle had been inadequately described — Auctioneer had no actual notice of instrument — Auctioneer sold cattle and paid proceeds to owners who disappeared without paying grantee — Whether instrument had been effectively registered — Whether auctioneer was liable to grantee — Chattels Transfer Act 1924, ss 5, 19 and 28.