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\par CIVIL ACTION NO. 223 OF 1992
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\par Between:
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\par }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-3\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 A.B. ANNAND (CHRISTCHURCH) LTD.
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\par Mr. M. Raza for the Plaintiff
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\par This is an application by the second and third defendants for an order dismissing the action against them on the dual grounds that the plaintiff's claim discloses no reasonable cause of action against them}{
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\tx0\tx720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 "}{
\b\i\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 14. THE}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 Plaintiff claims that the effect of the said purchase by the First Defendant of the Bank of New Zealand business in Fiji is to nullify the said Debenture
 Deed and any other collateral securities and the First Defendant can not rely on the said Debenture Deed and the appointment by the First Defendant of the Second and Third Defendants is not valid."}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
\par The two paragraphs immediately preceding the above namely}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  paragraphs 12 and 13}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 refers respectively to the appointment of receivers pursuant to a Debenture Deed and to the }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Decree}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  (No. 20 of 1991)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  which is claimed to be unconstitutional null and void.
\par 
\par Clearly the validity of the appointments of the 2nd and 3rd defendant's as receivers by the predecessor to the 1st defendant bank is purportedly being challenged indirectly through a direct challenge to the validity of the }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 A.N.Z. Banking Group Decree}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  (op.cit).}{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029 
\par }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200\charrsid2236200 
\par }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Needless to say if the plaintiff company should succeed in its challenge to }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
the Decree}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  then the appointments of the 2nd and 3rd defendants may be undermined.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 I say }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 "may"}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  advisedly because I am more than satisfied that the recent judgment of the Fiji Court of Appeal in }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Civil Appeal No. 32 of 1991}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 determines the issue in favour of the 2nd and 3rd defendants.
\par 
\par In its judgment the Fiji Court of Appeal on the application of }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 R.V. Patel & Co. (Merchants) Ltd.}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  considered the validity of the appointment of the 2nd and 3rd defendants as receivers and concluded at }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 p.4}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200 :}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 "that the receivers were validly appointed"}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 .
\par 
\par The Appeal Court's decision was based on 2 grounds,}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  firstly}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 , the }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 ANZ Banking Group Decree}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  which it said}{
\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  (at p.9)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200 :}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  

\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\tx0\tx720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 "... reaches out to and governs the activities that went
 on in this instance.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
In a way that simply validated what BNZ did here in relation to the receivers.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
It leaves no loopholes for the appellant.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
That is precisely what the Decree set out to do, to rectify any}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
problems at all that might have been left behind as the residue of the transfer of business from BNZ to ANZ."}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
\par I am not unmindful however that the Court of Appeal observed}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  (at p.7)}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 before dealing with the relevant provisions of }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 the Decree}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200 :}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 "... that it has never been suggested that the decree was not val
id and operative."}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
and in this instance the plaintiff company is directly challenging the validity of }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 the Decree}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 .
\par 
\par The}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  second ground}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 however of the Appeal Court's decision affirmed without reliance on }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 the Decree}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
, the appointment of the receivers by the predecessor of the 1st defendant bank.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
In particular the Court said at }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 p.12}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 after setting out the relevant provisions of the sales agreement between }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 BNZ}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  and }
{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 ANZ}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200 :}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\tx0\tx720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
"The legal position so far as concerns the debenture involved, was that BNZ was the owner of the legal}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 chose in action, which it held in trust for ANZ.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 May be there was, by the agreement, an equitable assignment of the legal chose in action.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 But as legal owner, BNZ was probably the only one who could give a valid notice or take any steps to give eff
ect to the debentures or exercise the powers given to the mortgagee under it.}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 "
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
\par }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 and later at }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 p.13}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200 :}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\tx0\tx720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
"... We are of the opinion that BNZ was legally entitled to give the notice that it did to the appellant under the debentures and to exercise the powers th
erein ... the debenture was still alive, and the circumstances were such that the proper entity was entitled to exercise the powers given under it.}{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 BNZ was that entity."}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
\par This latter quotation appears to answer conclusively the averments made in }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 paragraph 14}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  of the plaintiff company}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200 '}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 s }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Statement of Claim}{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  in this action.}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
Furthermore it appears that the averments in }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 paragraph 12}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 of the plaintiff company's }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Statement of Claim}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  }{
\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 "... that the 1st defendant bank appointed the receivers on or about 18 January 1992"}{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 is factually incorrect not only as to the appointing authority }{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 but also }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 as to the date of the appointment.
\par 
\par Having carefully considered the plaintiff company's }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Statement of Claim}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 and the judgment of the Fiji Court of Appeal in }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Civil Appeal No. 32 of 1991}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  de
livered on the}{\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  15th of January 1993}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  I am firmly of the view that the }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Statement of Claim}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 discloses no reasonable cause of action against the 2nd and 3rd defendants and is friv}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8683081 o}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
lous and vexatious.
\par 
\par Accordingly in the exercise of the Courts powers under }{\b\i\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Order 15 r.6(2)(a)}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  }{
\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 of the }{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 High Court Rules}{
\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200  }{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 I order that the names of the 2nd and 3rd defendants be struck off the plaintiff company's }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Writ of Summons}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200  and }{
\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 Statement of Claim}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 
 with costs to the 2nd and 3rd defendants to be taxed if not agreed.
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tqc\tx3969\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 (D.V. Fatiaki)
\par }{\b\f0\ul\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 JUDGE
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029\charrsid2236200 At Suva,
\par 13th April, 1993.}{\b\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid8464029 
\par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-720\hyphpar0\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid2236200 {\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200 HBC0223D.92S}{\f0\expnd0\expndtw-2\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid2236200\charrsid2236200 

\par }}