Brdjanovic v Ellis Hardie Syminton Ltd - [1974] 2 NZLR 542

Practice — Charging order — Not "charge" on land but stop order preventing its disposal — Registration does not give priority over an unregistered lien subsequently registered.

Work and labour — Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act — Priority of liens — Right arises on completion of work but unenforceable until registration — Registration ratification of existing interest in land — Wages Protection and Contractors' Liens Act 1939, s 41(1).