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\par At Suva
\par Civil Jurisdiction
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
\par CIVIL ACTION NO. 207 OF 1992
\par 
\par Between:
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 WESTERN WRECKERS LIMITED
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Plaintiff
\par 
\par - and -
\par 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 H.P. KASABIA BROTHERS LIMITED
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 trading as "Tower Investment"
\par Defendant
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
\par Mr. K. Vuataki for the Plaintiff
\par Mr. R. Namasivayam for the Defendant
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 RULING
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\par This is an application by the defendant company seeking to strike out the plaintiff company's action on the following 2 grounds:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 "(a)\tab 
That the present defendant is wrongly made defendant as the present defendant is not the owner of the property in dispute}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 ;}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 

\par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 (b)\tab That no consent of the Director of Lands has been obtained as is necessary."}{
\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 {\*\bkmkstart QuickMark}{\*\bkmkend QuickMark}There is also an existing injunction granted in the Lautoka High Court restraining the defendant company:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 "... from increasing the month
ly rental of the office and yard occupied by the plaintiff and situated at the corner of Ratu Mara Road and Belo Street, Samabula, Suva until the 8th day of February, 1994."}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
\par The following is a brief factual account of the background to this action which principally concerns the validity of a }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
10 year lease' which the plaintiff company claims to hold }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 (and which the defendant company denies)}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 over a piece of land situated at the junction of Ratu Mara Road and Belo Street in Samabula, Suva and from which it is conducting a Used Cars Sales business.
\par 
\par The }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 lease'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  is said to be evidenced by a letter dated the 
}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 8th of February 1988}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
(hereafter referred to as the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 lease letter')}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
 granting the plaintiff company permission to occupy the land }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 "... at $330 (Three Hundred T
hirty) dollars a month for the first 6 (six) years and a further increase in rental by 20 percent thereafter for 4 (four) years."
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid8076247 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Matters came to a head }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 (so to speak)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
 when Tower Investments Limited wrote to the plaintiff company on the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 11th of March 1991}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  
seeking to increase the monthly rental for the premises occupied by the plaintiff company from $330 to $650.
\par 
\par It is common ground that the title document of the land the subject matter of the dispute is }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Crown Lease No}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 :}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  4693}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  in which the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 registered lessee'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  is TOWER INVESTMENTS LIMITED.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 The Crown Lease also contains an express declaration.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
"... that this lease is a Protected Lease under the provisions of the Crown Lands Act."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
\par 
\par The significance of this latter declaration is that it incorporates into the lease the mandatory requirements of Section 13 of the Crown Lands Act (Cap.132) which provides:
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 "13.-(1)\tab 
... it shall not be lawful for the lessee thereof to alienate or deal with the land comprised in the lease of any part thereof, whether by sale, transfer o
r sublease or in any other manner whatsoever, nor to mortgage, charge or pledge the same, without the written consent of the Director of Lands first had and obtained, nor, except at the suit or with the written consent of the Director of Lands, shall any 
such lease be dealt with by any court of law or under the process of any court of law, nor, without such consent as aforesaid, shall the Registrar of Titles register any caveat affecting such lease.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 Any sale, transfer, sublease, assignment, mortgage or oth
er alienation or dealing effected without such consent shall be null and void.}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 (5)\tab 
For the purposes of this section "lease" includes a sublease and "lessee" includes a sublessee."}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
\par It should be noted that the particular copy of the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 lease letter'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  which forms an annexure "A" to the plaintiff company's affidavit filed in support of the injunction application is signed in the following }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 manner}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid7473198 :}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 "Yours faithfully
\par 
\par TOWER INVESTMENT LIMITED
\par 
\par (Sgd.)
\par ........................
\par P.K. KASABIA}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par 
\par }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 c.c.}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 :}{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093  Western Wreckers Lautoka"}{
\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 I also note that there is nothing on the face of the particular copy of the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 lease letter'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
 to indicate or signify that the consent or approval of the Director of Lands had been granted to the terms of the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 sub-lease'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  agreed between the parties and contained in the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
lease letter'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 .
\par 
\par Learned counsel for the plaintiff however opposes the application on both grounds and submits that the defendant company is properly sued on the principle that the defendant company is the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 agent'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of Tower Investments Limited and that therefore this is an appropriate instance for }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 "lifting the veil of incorporation"}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 .}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Further it is submitted that the necessary }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 consent'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  was granted by the Director of Lands.
\par 
\par Why it was considered necessary to sue the defendant company }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 ... trading as Tower Investments'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 , is unclear from the plaintiff company's affidavits but in any event I do not consider that the evidence supports learned counsel's submissions in that regard.
\par 
\par I accept that the correspondence between the parties suggests that Tower Investments Limited does not have a separate letterhead of its own }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 or}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  for that matter, a separate postal or business address.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
I also accept that P.K. Kasabia exercises some form of }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 dual capacity'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  in respect of both companies.
\par 
\par I cannot accept however that in the absence of }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 fraud'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  or 
}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 special circumstances' (which is no-where suggested in the plaintiff company's evidence)}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  that this is an appropriate case for the Court to depart from the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 fundamental principle'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  in company law that a company and the members forming it, }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 (whether private individuals or other companies)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
 and however complete their control of the company might be, are nevertheless treated, as separate and distinct legal entities save in exceptional circumstances.
\par 
\par There is nothing }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 exceptional'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
 in the present circumstances which would persuade me to hold that the defendant company was an }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 agent'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of Tower Investments Limited or vice-versa }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 or}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  that a }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 fraud'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  was being perpetrated on the plaintiff company by either the defendant company or Tower Investments Limited }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 or}
{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  that Tower Investments Limited was }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 "a facade concealing the real facts"}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 .
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 In the circumstances I uphold the submissions of learned counsel for the defendant company on the first ground and order that }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 "}{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 H.P. Kasabia Brothers Limited}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 "}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  be struck off and in exercise of the powers vested in the Court under }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Order 15 r.6}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of the High Court Rules I order that Tower Investments Limited be substituted as the appropriate defendant in these proceedings and further that the plaintiff company do comp
ly with the provisions of }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Order 15 r.9}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 .
\par 
\par If I am incorrect however in that regard then I would have no hesitation in holding that the copy }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 lease letter'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  which forms an annexure to the submissions of learned counsel for the plaintiff company and which bears an undated }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 consent'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of the Director of Lands endorsed on it }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 (hereafter referred to as the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 consented lease letter')}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 ,}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
raises, in the face of the written denial of the granting of any such consent by the Department of Lands and Survey in its letter of }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 16th October 1991}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 , a serious question for determination upon which the existing affidavits are clearly inadequate.
\par 
\par In this latter regard I note that }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Section 13(4)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of the Crown Lands Act}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  (Cap.132)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  expressly provides:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \fi-720\li1440\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 "(4)\tab Any consent required by this Section may be given in writing by any officer ...}
{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 authorised in that behalf by the Director of Lands ..."}{
\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
\par In the light of the above provision, the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 denial'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
 contained in the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 16th of October 1991}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  letter is not as }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}
{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 categorical'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  as learned counsel for the defendant company seeks to make out in so far as it states }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 "... our record reveals that no consent was granted }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 by this office}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  to Western Wreckers Limited to rent the subject property."}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
(my underlining).}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 I also note that the copy }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 '}{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 consented lease letter'}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  bears on its face the relevant departmental file number and legal description of the land.

\par 
\par I would observe in passing that there does not appear to be any laid down }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 forms'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  or }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid12861078 '}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 procedure' nor any legal requirement in }{
\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Section 13}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of the Crown Lands Act whereby the per
son seeking the necessary consent of the Director of Lands must be or must include the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 registered lessee'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of the land, indeed, if that were necessarily so }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
(as appears to be implied in the submissions of learned counsel for the defendant company)}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  then any 
action seeking to challenge the legality and/or enforceability of any agreement relating to a }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 protected lease'
}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  would rest entirely at the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 whim'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  of the lessee which would in my view be a wholly unwarranted reading of the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 Section}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 .
\par 
\par In the circumstances I reject the second ground put forward by the defendant company in its application and I dismiss it }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 subject only}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  to the }{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid12861078 '}{\i\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 substitution order'}{
\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078  earlier made.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8076247  }{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
The injunction granted to the plaintiff company is accordingly affirmed and extended until further order }{\i\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 or}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid12861078 
 until the determination of the action whichever occurs earliest.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx3969\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 (D.V. Fatiaki)
\par }{\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid13763093 {\b\f0\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 
\par }{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045\charrsid13763093 At Suva,
\par 13th November, 1992.}{\b\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12332045 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12861078 {\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078 HBC0207D.92S}{\f0\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid12861078\charrsid12861078 
\par }}