Fleming v District Land Register for Canterbury and Another - [1969] NZLR 430

Property law — Real property and chattels real — Land Transfer Act — Caveat — Prohibition of subdivision by County Council — Caveat entered by District Land Registrar — Prohibition by council not justified in law — Removal of caveat — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss. 143, 217

Town and country planning — Detrimental work — Subdivision of land not prohibited by statute or by council's district scheme and ordinances — Prohibited by council — Subdivision not in accordance with regional planning scheme — Provisions of regional planning scheme not imported into district scheme — Matter to be determined in accordance with district scheme and ordinances — Prohibition invalid — Town and Country Planning Act 1953, ss. 2, 33, 38.