Waller v Davies - [2005] 3 NZLR 814

Property law — Indefeasibility of title — Whether original owners retained equitable interest before registration of mortgages — Whether solicitor acted fraudulently in registering mortgages — Whether solicitor’s fraudulent act could be imputed to mortgagees — Land Transfer Act 1952, ss 62 and 182.

Agency — Duty of disclosure — Whether knowledge of solicitor imputed to principal — Knowledge acquired when acting as agent for another party on related transaction.

Law practitioners — Solicitors as agents — Whether and when knowledge of solicitor to be imputed to client — Whether and when knowledge of solicitor to be imputed to nominee company of which solicitor is director.