Sell v Registrar-General of Land - [2013] 3 NZLR 431

Property law — Title — Effect of “no survivorship” notation on title — Whether High Court had jurisdiction to order “no survivorship” be removed — Whether Court required to judge merit of sale of land — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 90, 128, 130, 131, 132 and 133.

Trusts and trustees — Powers of trustees — Whether entitled to removal of “no survivorship” notation on title prior to sale — Whether High Court had jurisdiction to order notation removed — Whether Court satisfied no intereference with interests of primary beneficiaries — Whether Court required to judge merit of sale of land — Whether Court’s function to supervise trusts — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 90, 128, 130, 131, 132 and 133.