Schmidt v Registrar-General of Land - [2016] 2 NZLR 121

Property law — Indefeasibility of title — Plaintiff effectively innocent victim when barred from bringing action for recovery of land — Whether Crown liable to pay compensation — Whether Crown liable for fraud by a trustee — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 128, 172, 175 and 178.

Practice and procedure — Summary judgment — Whether case appropriate for summary judgment — Whether possible to amend pleadings to remedy defects relied on by defendant — High Court Rules, r 12.2(2).