Registrar-General of Land v Marshall - [1995] 2 NZLR 189

Property law — Indefeasibility of title — Compensation — Omission or mistake by Land Registrar in registration — Registrar not ensuring transfer noted on Maori Land Court records — Former proprietors occupying land and claiming ownership — Registered proprietor successfully taking proceedings to prove title in Maori Land Court — Whether costs incurred in Maori Land Court proceedings through omission or mistake by Registrar — Whether compensation restricted to loss of estate or interest in land — Land Transfer Act 1952, s 172(a) — Land Transfer Regulations 1966, (SR 1966/25), reg 16.