Cotton v Keogh - [1995] 3 NZLR 236

Property law — Title — Whether prescriptive title obtained by adverse possession — Whether plaintiff had discharged onus of proof as to adverse possession — Counterclaim for wrongful entry of caveat — Whether caveat in form M following caveat in form R requires prior Order of the Court — Damages to which defendants entitled for wrongful entry of caveat — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 146, 148 and 205.

Property law — Caveat — Plaintiff claiming prescriptive title to land by adverse possession — Plaintiff lodging caveat in form R which lapsed — Plaintiff lodging caveat in form M without Court Order — Whether order required — Whether caveat wrongfully lodged — Damages to which defendants entitled for wrongful lodgment — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 146, 148 and 205.