Ball v Fawcett - [1997] 1 NZLR 743

Property law — Caveat — De facto marriage — Plaintiff expending money on property renovations — Later purchase of another property allegedly intended to be jointly owned but in plaintiff's name only — Plaintiff lodging caveat claiming first property held in trust for both parties — Plaintiff issuing proceedings for order that caveat not lapse based on claim to an interest pursuant to a constructive trust — Whether Court should amend caveat to make it comply with proceedings — Whether Court should order that caveat not lapse — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 137, 138, 145 and 148 — Land Transfer Regulations 1966 (SR 1966/25), reg 24.