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{\title IN THE HIGH COURT OF FIJI (AT SUVA)}{\author Amelia Rasovo}{\operator blake_r}{\creatim\yr2004\mo8\dy30\hr14\min37}{\revtim\yr2004\mo8\dy31\hr10\min17}{\version3}{\edmins1}{\nofpages2}{\nofwords425}{\nofchars2423}{\*\company Judicial Department}
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\par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 (AT SUVA)
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 (f/n Tara Chand)
\par Plaintiff
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\par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 (f/n Chandrika Prasad)
\par Defendant
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\par Plaintiff in Person
\par R. Naidu for the Defendant
\par 
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\par On 27 March 2002 I gave judgment in favour of the Plaintiff who had brought proceedings for possession of land owned by her under the provisions of Section 169 of the Land Transfer Act.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 On or about 28 March the Defendant filed a Notice of Appeal to the Court of Appeal against the order for possession.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 A copy of the Notice is annexed to the affidavit in support of this application which is an application for a stay of the order for possession pending disposal of the appeal.
\par 
\par In support of the application Mr. Naidu referred to the well known general principle that \'93when a party is appealing, exercising his undoubted right of appeal, this court ought to see that the appeal, if successful, is not nugatary\'94 (}{
\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 Wilson v. Church}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383  (No. 2) (1879) 12 Ch D 454.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 He referred to the fact that the Plaintiff does not require the premises in question for her own use and suggested that the Defendant has good prospects of success in his appeal.
\par 
\par As will be seen from my Judgment it cannot be disputed that the Defendant\rquote s lease over these premises has expired.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 
The lease contained a clause that at the end of the lease period he would return the premises to the landlord.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 He has not.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 While the Notice of Appeal asserts that I erred in law and in fact in deciding in favour of the Plaintiff no 
grounds for this assertion are set out in the notice of appeal and none were advanced at the hearing of this application by Mr. Naidu who merely suggested that the Defendant had an arguable case.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 In my opinion however the Defendant\rquote s prospects of success on appeal are nil.
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\par The question which then arises is whether a person who plainly has no prospects of successfully arguing an appeal should be granted a stay on the ground that the appeal, if successful, would be nugatory.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 In my opinion he should not.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{
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\par 
\par In discussion Mr. Naidu agreed that the likelihood is that no appeal in this matter could finally be disposed of until towards the end of this year.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 The effect therefore of granting a stay at this point would be to grant the Defendant a further 12 months in possession following the expiry of the lease in November 2001.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 This, in my view, would be quite unjust.
\par 
\par Section 169}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 
proceedings are designed to offer a rapid and simple method by which a landlord can regain possession of premises from a person in occupation who is unable to show a good ground for retaining possession.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 In my Judgment I found that the Defendant had failed to discharge the onus resting upon him.}{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 Nothing that I was told at the hearing of this application alters my view.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid1514383  }{
\fs24\lang2057\langfe5129\langnp2057\insrsid13139560\charrsid1514383 The application fails and is dismissed.
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\par 5 April 2002
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