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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3953669 {\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 JULIA TUAKE}{\b\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669 
\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Plaintiff}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3953669 {\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 TUAKANA TOETA}{\b\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Hearing:}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid917946 \tab }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 9 September 2010
\par Counsel:}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid917946 \tab }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 C Little for Plaintiff
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3953669 {\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 JUDGMENT OF HUGH WILLIAMS J
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\par }{\fs24\ul\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Solicitors:
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Charles Little PC, Avarua, Rarotonga
\par S L Inder, Browne Harvey & Associates PC, Rarotonga 
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\par }{\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Issues
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [1]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 The plaintiff commenced this proceeding on 12 May 2010.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
She brought the proceeding on her own behalf but it appears it was intended to be a representative action on behalf of the plaintiff and her six siblings.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [2]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 On 28 June 2010 the defendant, Mr Toeta, filed a statement of defence and counterclaim.
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [3]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 On 
21 July 2010 Ms Tuaka applied to strike out the counterclaim on the basis, broadly put, that the issues raised by way of counterclaim were Statute barred, and that the ambit of the counterclaim disclosed no cause of action.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [4]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 This judgment deals with that application.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Law
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [5]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
Rule 131 of the Code of Civil Procedure of the High Court gives the Court power to strike out proceedings if they disclose no "reasonable cause of action".}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [6]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 The body of law which governs applications to strike out is well settled.
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [7]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
Applicants to strike out proceedings on the basis they disclose no reasonable cause of action must show the pleading is so clearly untenable, where as a matter of law or incontrovertible fact, that it cannot possibly succeed. The jurisdiction is 
exercised sparingly and only in clear cases where the Court can reach a settled conclusion. That applies even in complex cases. The hurdle to striking out proceedings is deliberately set high so as not to impinge on citizens' rights of access to the Court
.
 Successful striking out proceedings are more often based on assertions that the claim is incapable of success as a matter of law rather than a matter of fact, because Courts, on striking out proceedings, do not and cannot embark on any consideration of d
isputed factual issues.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Finally, if a proceeding can be satisfactorily amended, the Courts will almost always follow that course and give}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{
\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 the party whose claim is under attack an opportunity to amend rather than t}{\fs24\insrsid3953669 he proceeding being struck out.}{\fs24\super\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669 1}{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 

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In order to put the counterclaim in context, it is appropriate to begin by reviewing the issues between these parties as disclosed by the statements of claim and the defence.
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [9]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Ms Tuake's claim says that she and her six siblings and the def
endant are the sole land owners of a 1.6160 hectare property known as Matarangi 83H1, Arorangi. Although the claim does not say as much, other available material suggests the plaintiff and her siblings succeeded to the interests of their mother in the lan
d, their mother being the defendant's sister. The plaintiff and her siblings accordingly own half the land with the defendant owning the other half.
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [10]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 All the land owners leased the property on 19 January 1995 to the defendant by way of a Deed of Lease 
with that lease being assigned by the defendant to Go Kart Enterprises (Cook Islands) Limited on 17 February 1995.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
The lease to the defendant was at an annual rental of $1.00 but that payable by Go Kart Enterprises was, as a result of the reviews in August 1999 to August 2004 and August 2009, fixed at $4,000.00, $4,800.00 and $5,600.00 pe}{\fs24\insrsid917946 
r annum. The land was never sub-}{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 leased to Go Karl Enterprises.
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [11] The claimant asserts that Go Kart Enterprises paid the rents under the reviewed lease of $40,804.00 plu
s arrears of $5,600.00 to the Trust Division of the High Court; that Mrs Tuake and her siblings are entitled to half of that rent; but that between 1995-2010 the $40,804.00 was wholly paid to Mr Toeta. They claim half that sum, $20,402.00, from him.

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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [12]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Mr Toeta's defence admits most of the allegations including his receipt of the $40,804.00 from the Court}{\fs24\super\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669 
2}{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669  but he says he was unaware that he was not entitled to half that sum until the Court wrote to him on 14 April 2010.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par [13]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 That notwithstanding, he denies Ms Tuake and her siblings are entitled to the sum they claim because of amounts to which he claims he is entitled by way of set}{\fs24\insrsid7948328 -}{
\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 off. The sum he asserts he is entitled to set-off exceeds the rents he received by $6,701.16 being the costs incurred by him "in relation to the family and family land".}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [14]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 On those pleadings, therefore, the claim is essentially one in contract for non}{\fs24\insrsid7948328 -}{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
payment by a recipient of rents due under a lease.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [15]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 The counterclaim, however, particularises the payments by the defendant totalling $6,701.16. They comprise:}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3953669 {\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 a)}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Expenses establishing the grave sites for his parents and co
sts relating to their care. He pleads he requested his sister to contribute to these costs and "she agreed" but made no payment. "At least $10,000.00" is claimed with particulars given.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3953669 {\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 b)}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Legal costs "to protect ownership of the various properties ... fo
r himself and ... the plaintiff's late mother" by obtaining Succession and Partition Orders plus lease administration costs.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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Providing food and money when attending family meetings. "At least $10,000.00 over this 20 year period" is sought.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3953669 {\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 d)}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 A contri
bution to the upkeep and protection of properties secured for the plaintiff and her siblings by Mr Toeta for which he used rent.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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He asserts the plaintiff and her siblings should pay half the costs in securing Succession Orders for the property.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3953669 {\fs24\insrsid3953669 (f) }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 He
 pleads he has spent a total of $54,206.31. The plaintiff should be liable for half. Following set-off, the plaintiff owes Mr Toeta $6,701.16.
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\par }{\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Limitation
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [16]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Both parties claim parts at least of the other's claims and counterclaims are Statute barred.
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For the plaintiff, Mr Little acknowledged the plaintiffs claim was one under a Deed and was accordingly subject to a limitation period of 12 years from the date when the cause of action accrued .}{\fs24\super\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 3}{
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [18]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 He submitted the plaintiff was debarred from cla
iming any sums which fell due more than 12 years prior to the commencement of the proceeding, i.e. sums which fell due prior to 12 May 1998, but, with respect, that may not be an accurate assessment of when the plaintiffs cause of action accrued.}{
\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Strictly,
 every time the defendant received rent for 50 percent of which he did not account to the plaintiff, there would appear to have been a cause of action accruing. Since the period of payment to the defendant is pleaded as being 1995-2010, the plaintiff will
 accordingly - as Mr Little accepted - need to review her claim to ensure the claims she brings are not Statute barred .}{\fs24\super\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 4}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [19]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 As far as the defence is concerned, s 30 of the Limitation Act 1950 provides that set-offs or counterclaims are deemed separate a
ctions commenced on the same date as the action of which they are pleaded.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 The limitation period for the set-off would accordingly commence on the day the claim was filed, 12 May 2010.}{
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [20]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 As it will obviously take some time for the plaintiff to conduct 
the inquiries which are required for her to amend her claim so that all amounts sought are within time, the Court directs the plaintiff to file and serve an amended claim within 42 days of delivery of this judgment, with the defendant filing and serving a
ny amended defence claiming set-off within a further 28 days.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [21]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
As far as limitation relating to the counterclaim is concerned, there is support for Mr Little's submissions that the pleading of the current counterclaim is seriously deficient as far as timing is concerned.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{
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Mr Little gave evidence from the Bar that many of the payments made by the defendant were decades ago but, even judging the matter from the counterclaim as currently pleaded, it would appear many of the payments by the defendant for whi
ch he seeks half reimbursement are at least 20 years old.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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That notwithstanding, Ms Inder for Mr Toeta submitted the counterclaim should not be struck out on limitation grounds as it was possible to amend the pleading so as not to infringe limitation 
requirements. It is appropriate to give the defendant that opportunity, though noting substantial amendments would appear to be required.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [23]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 The same timetable as it applies to the defence is to apply.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 No reasonable cause of action
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [24]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
Mr Little submitted that, whatever moral or customary obligations might arise, there was no legal basis pleaded under which Mr Toeta could claim at law that he was entitled to reimbursement of half the sums expended by him.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [25]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Ms Inder accepted the counterclaim needs substantial amendment in that respect.
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [26]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
The current counterclaim merely asserts the plaintiff (and, presumably, her siblings) are liable for half the amounts expended by Mr Toeta, but pleads no legal basis to support that pleading apart
 from the suggestion that Ms Tuake agreed to pay half the cost of caring for his parents - the plaintiffs grandparents.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [27]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Whilst it is for the defendant, on advice, to amend his counterclaim so as to plead a recognised cause of action, it would appear 
that, apart from the possibility of a contract claim concerning the defendant's parent care, the only possible basis which might conceivably arise which would give rise to a cause of action would be in}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{
\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 trust or equity law, but it is, of course, for Mr Toeta, on advice, to decide how he pleads the matter from this point onwards.
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [28]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Any further pleadings by him are also to be subject to the timetable order previously made.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\b\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Third Party Notice
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [29]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 Mr Toeta has applied for leave to issue and serve a Third 
Party Notice directed to the Registrar of the Land Court at Rarotonga claiming the Registrar had a duty of care to ensure that rentals paid into the Court were only paid out to persons entitled.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{
\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 He asserts a breach of that duty of care by the Registrar paying him the entire rentals instead of dividing and distributing the same in accordance with the lease.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [30]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 The application for leave to issue and serve a Third Party Notice was served on the Registrar but, although the Registrar apparently intends to def
end the proceedings, instructions had not been given to Crown Law in time for an appearance.}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 
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\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 [31]}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
In an accompanying affidavit Mr Toeta said that because he was the sole lessee of the property and assignor to Go Kart Enterprises that he was entitled to all proceeds of the lease.
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That explanation is somewhat difficult to accept. Mr Toeta must have known that both the plaintiff and her siblings as to half and he as to the other half were the lessors of the land and thus entitled to payment of the renta
l from whoever happened to be the lessee, with the rental being distributed between the lessors according to their entitlement.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103\charrsid3953669 
It is of importance to note that Mr Toeta assigned the lease to Go Kart Enterprises. It was not a sub-lease, which might have go
ne some way towards justifying his stance but, as with the striking out application, the Court is required to treat the factual assertions as provable unless they are patently wrong.
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\par [33] The application for leave to issue and serve the Third Party Notice is accordingly granted, leaving it to the Registrar to take such action as seems appropriate.
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\par 1. }{\i\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid4874103 Marshall Features Ltd (In Liq) v Marshall}{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669  [1992] }{\field{\*\fldinst {\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669  PAGE }}{\fldrslt {
\fs24\lang1024\langfe1024\noproof\insrsid2301140 5}}}{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669  NZLR 316.
\par 2}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 .}{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669  He says he and the plaintiff shared the $5,600.}{\fs24\insrsid7948328 00 }{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669 arrears.
\par 3}{\fs24\insrsid4874103 .}{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669  Limitation Act 1950 s 4(3).
\par }{\fs24\insrsid4874103 4.}{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669  As limitation bars the remedy not the right, it can be assumed the defendant would plead a limitation defence if such was available to him: }{\i\fs24\insrsid7948328 Mat}{
\i\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid4874103 ai Industries Ltd v Jensen}{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669  }{\fs24\insrsid4874103 [1989] 1 NZLR }{\fs24\insrsid7948328 525}{\fs24\insrsid3953669\charrsid3953669 
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