Marriott v Attorney-General - [2011] 1 NZLR 354

Property law — Caveat — Compensation — Caveat protecting buy-back agreement — Land Registrar registering application for lapse of caveat as withdrawal of caveat — Land sold by registered proprietor to third party — Whether caveator suffering loss or damage through Registrar-General’s mistake — Whether caveat validly lodged — Whether loss occasioned by breach of trust — Whether contributory negligence by caveator — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 172(a) and 178(a).