An important exception to the indefeasibility of title of registered proprietors of land under Torrens legislation is fraud. The High Court in Cassegrain v Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd recently clarified the ambit of the “fraud” exceptions to the principle of indefeasibility of title found in ss 42(1) and 118(1)(d) of the Real Property Act 1900 (NSW). Read about the case here.
