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\par AT LAUTOKA
\par CIVIL JURISDICTION
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\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\insrsid6978559 CIVIL ACTION NO. HBC124 OF 2001L
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\insrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid6978559 CHANDRA MANI
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid6978559 V
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid6978559 DIRECTOR OF LANDS }{\insrsid6978559 and
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\insrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid6978559 ATTORNEY GENERAL
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid6978559 
\par }{\insrsid6978559 Gates J.
\par 
\par }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid6978559 Mr J. Sharma for the Plaintiff
\par Mr S. Kumar and Mr A. Tuilevuka for the Defendants
\par }{\insrsid6978559 
\par 21 September, 21 November 2001
\par 20 August 2004}{\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par 
\par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 JUDGMENT
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3680713 {\b\insrsid463220\charrsid15408793 
Originating Summons seeking declaratory orders; Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act Cap 270 [ALTA]; State Leases; rent; review clause; absent agreement, procedure for application to tribunal for re-assessment; time limits; whether notice to be given befo
r
e end of relevant rent renew cycle; unilateral re-assessment by landlord; default in making application to tribunal; whether imposition of conditions for grant of consent to transfer by Director of Lands amounted to an unreasonable withholding of consent;
 section 94 Property Law Act Cap 130; purpose of provision; consent and indorsement; whether insistence on prior clearance of disputed rent arrears in the nature of a fine or penalty; tenant\rquote 
s entitlement to an extension of State lease under ALTA; costs, special order for executrix.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\b\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par Introduction
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par [1] \tab The chief issue here is whether the Director of Lands could insist on the prior clearance of rent arrears arising from increases made unilaterally by the Director, before indorsing his consent to an assignment of a State Lease.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 Second, could the Director increase the rent for a lease subject to ALTA, without applying to the tribunal?
\par 
\par [2]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab The plaintiff seeks the following declarations and orders by originating summons:
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559 "}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [i] \tab 
A declaration that the rental for the State Lease Number 8199 covered by LD Ref }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 4/1/1557 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
is at present $ 295.00 per annum with effect from 1st April, 1983 in the absence of any agreement of the parties or assessment by the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Tribunal and the defendants cannot
 demand any arrears in excess of the sum of $ 295.00 per annum.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [ii]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab A declaration that having failed to reach agreement from 1993 to date on an increased rental for State Lease Number 8199 or an order of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Tribunal all
owing or ordering any increase the defendants are only entitled to seek a re-assessment under the terms of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act Cap 270 on next 5th year anniversary of the said lease which would fall on 1st April, 2003.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [iii]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab A declar
ation that the plaintiff is entitled to an extension of State Lease Number 8199 for 20 years in terms of Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act with effect from 1st January, 1996 and the defendants should process the same forthwith.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [iv]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab A declaration that
 the imposition of the conditions on grant of consent and endorsement thereof by the 1st defendant contained in the letter dated 23rd February, 2000 is tantamount to an unreasonable withholding of consent and is unlawful and the defendants should proceed 
to grant or endorse the consent forthwith.
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [v]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab An order that the defendants pay the plaintiffs costs of these proceedings on a solicitor/client and/or full indemnity basis.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559 "}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par [3] \tab The plaintiff deposed to an affidavit in support, sworn on 7 April 2001.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 Th
e defendants filed an affidavit in opposition, that of Setefano Rauto, a Senior Valuer of the Lands and Survey Department of Lautoka, sworn on 27 August 2001.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 The plaintiff made answer with a further affidavit, sworn on 8 September 2001.
\par 
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 [4]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab 
The dispute concerns State Lease No. 8199.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 This lease extends over land described as }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
part of Rarawai and Vunisamaloa formerly CT7822 (Farm 1281)}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381  consisting of an area of 21 acres and 14 perches being Lot 13 on Plan BA 2353.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 The lease had been granted to the plaintiff\rquote s father Chinsamy on 1 April 1973.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 Chinsamy died testate on 19 May 1976.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 
 }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 By his will he had appointed the plaintiff as his sole executrix and trustee.
\par 
\par [5] \tab The lease was granted for a term of 22 years and 9 months.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 Annual rental was to be $105.00.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
By article 1 the rent could be re-assessed in the years 1978, 1983, 1988, and 1993, }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 to a maximum not exceeding six (6) per centum of the unimproved value of the land.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 " }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 By article 30 the contract was made subject to the provisions of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act (ALTA).}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
Indeed the conditions of the lease dovetailed in with the requirements of the Act.
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\par [6]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab In 1984 a variation was noted on the registered lease marking the raising of the rental to $295.00 from 1.4.83.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 No other rent increases were noted.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
The plaintiff disputes the lawfulness of any further increases upon which the Director of Lands now insists as a condition of his indorsement of his consent to a requested transfer of the lease.
\par 
\par [7]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab The plaintiff has been trying to wind up the estate.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 This has involved other court proceedings.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
They are not relevant to the present matter, save that the beneficiaries were permitted by the High Court to put in offers for the lease and were allowed to outbid any tenders made.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 One of the beneficiaries, Florence Rajmani Kumaran, now a Canadian citizen, eventually put in the highest tender.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 Application was accordingly made to the Minister of Lands under the Land Sales Act for consent to the sale of the lease by the estate to Florence.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 This was granted on 29 March 1999 and extended further subsequently.
\par 
\par [8]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab On 3 December 1999 application was made to the Director of Lands for his consent to the transfer of the lease to Florence.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 The Director gave his consent.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 By letter of 23 February 2000 he wrote to the solicitors for the estate giving his consent to the transfer to Florence.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 However the letter stated his indorsement of the transfer document was to be subject to three conditions.
\par 
\par [9]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab They were:
\par 
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acceptance of annual rental of $1,528-00 from 1st April, 1993.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 b) \tab payment of a sum of $11,374-65 being rental arrears for the period ending 30th June, 2000.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid5647381 c) \tab }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
an undertaking by the transferee that she will abide by the Tribunal ruling in respect of rental increased to $2,370 per annum with effect from 1st April, 1998.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par [10]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab The estate solicitors protested these conditions and queried whether there had been any Tribunal ruling permitting such increases.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 The solicitors of the estate asked for the details of when the initia
l notices of re-assessment of rental for 1993 and 1998 were sent, to whom, and to which address.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
They also asked if the assessment had been accepted by the lessee, and if not whether the assessment was made by the Tribunal.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
Some answers, but not all, were provided by the Director\rquote s officers.
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\par Rent review procedure
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\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 [11]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab 
The contract is made specifically subject to ALTA.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 ALTA prescribes the procedure for the reassessment of rents.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
Section 9(1}{\insrsid5647381\charrsid5647381 ) (}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 g)(i) provides:
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 9.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 (1)}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
The following conditions and covenants shall be implied in every contract of tenancy of an agricultural holding subsisting at or after the commencement of this Act:}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 (g)}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 on the part of both (tenant and landlord)}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5647381\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 (i}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 )}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 in relation to contracts of tenancy made after the commencement of this Act, t}{\insrsid5647381 hat the rent shall be liable to}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 re-assessment at the expiry o}{\insrsid5647381 f the fifth year of the term of}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 the tenancy and thereafter a}{
\insrsid5647381 t the expiry of each successive}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 period of five years, o}{\insrsid5647381 n either party to the agreement}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
serving notice on the other pa}{\insrsid5647381 rty at least three months prior}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 to the expiry of the five-yearly period that he requires the }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 rent to be re-assessed;}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 [12]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab The functions of the tribunal are set out in section 22.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 Section 22(1)(a) provides in this regard:
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 22.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 (1) In respect of its agricultural district, a tribunal may, upon the application of a landlord or a tenant of an agricultural holding}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid5647381\charrsid5647381 
\par {\listtext\pard\plain\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 a)\tab}}\pard \ql \li1440\ri0\widctlpar\jclisttab\tx720\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\ls6\adjustright\rin0\lin1440\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
subject to the provisions of subsection (}{\insrsid5647381 2), assess, fix and certify the }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 maximum rent to be paid in respect of such holding and specify the date from which such assessment is to have effect;}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par [13]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab Application can be made by the tenant or the landlord, if they cannot agree upon the re-assessment, whereupon the tribunal will assess, fi
x and certify the rent after investigating the application [section 24].}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 The tribunal will cause notice of the date, time, and place fixed for investigating the application.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 The investigation will then proceed following due notice [section 25].
\par 
\par [14]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab The lease contract was subject to the provisions of ALTA.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
In order to obtain a re-assessment of the rent, the landlord could first try to obtain agreement to the proposed increase by negotiation with the tenant.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
There is no evidence put forward of any such}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 negotiation or agreement having taking place.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
In the absence of agreement the parties would have to employ the procedures of the Agricultural Tribunal in order to obtain a re-assessment, which could then be fixed and certified.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
Article 30 of the lease makes all disputes subject to the provisions of ALTA, but ALTA is to be followed also by virtue of section 9(2) which states:
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
This contract is subject to the provisions of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act, and may only be determined, whether during its currency or at the end of its term, in accordance with such provisions.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 All disputes and differences whatsoever arising out of this contract, for the decision of which that Act makes provision, shall be decided in accordance with such provisions.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 .}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 (Section amended by 21 of 1967, s. 4 and 35 of 1976, s. 7.)
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\i\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 [15] \tab 
No documentary evidence has been exhibited by the landlord, showing that the rent had been further increased by the tribunal following proper procedures beyond the agreed increase of 1.4.83.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 Mr Rauto in his evidence for the defendants says the rent was re-assessed in 1988 }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 in accordance with the terms of the lease}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 , and increased to $382.00 p.a.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 He went on }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
which re-assessment was done internally by the Lands Department valuers.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 " }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par 
\par [16]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab He said a notice had been sent to the plaintiff C/- Koronubu Sector office (Farm 1281) FSC, Ba.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
A reminder was sent out he said, }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 the plaintiff however did not bother to acknowledge receipt of the reminder, nor did she bother to reply to it.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 " }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 Silence is not necessarily consonant with agreement.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
What information was there that she had received the notice, and was she properly served in compliance with ALTA?}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
The landlord should have proceeded further and applied to the Agricultural Tribunal to have the rent re-assessed in accordance with the provisions of the Act.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
There was no power or right for the landlord himself to re-assess the rent unilaterally or by reason of the tenant\rquote s supposed default.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid5647381\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 [17]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab Therefore the purported increase of rent in 1988 was unlawful.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
No arrears can be claimed from what was an illegal re-assessment, in compliance neither with the lease document or ALTA.
\par 
\par [18]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab When the date of the next rent review came along, 1992, a notice of re-assessment was said to have been sent to the plaintiff.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 According to the Divisional Surveyor Western in his letter of 27 June 2000 to the plaintiff\rquote s solicitors this rental re-assessment was also }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
done departmentally}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 .}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 He said the lessee had not so far accepted the 1993 and 1998 re-assessed rental.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 The plaintiff exhibited a standard letter of 2.6.93 in which the Director said that in view of the failure to return the acceptance slip, app
lication would be made to the Agricultural Tribunal for the rent to be assessed, fixed and certified.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 This correctly set out the next step in the re-assessment procedure.
\par 
\par [19]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab But there is no evidence that such a step was taken, that such an application was ever made to the tribunal either for the 1993 review or for that of 1998.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 In 1993 the rent was re-assessed at $1,528 p.a. and in 1998 at $2,370 p.a..}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
These assessments were done internally, within the Department of Lands and not by the path provided in ALTA that they be done by application, as foreshadowed in the Director\rquote s letter to the tenant, to the Agricultural Tribunal.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 Therefore none of the assessments for the years 1988, 1993 and 1998 were lawful or enforceable.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 
No arrears could arise therefrom either.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 There had been lip service paid but otherwise non-compliance with the necessary rent review procedures of ALTA and the contract lease document.

\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 Service of the Notice
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid5647381 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 [20]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5647381  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5647381 \tab For service of a notice on an individual as opposed to an incorporated company service could be effected under section 39 of ALTA:
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1901136 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 (a)}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 by sending it by registered post to the usual or last known place of abode of}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 the person on whom it is to be served; (I
nserted by 21 of 1967, s.10) or 
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\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1901136 {\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 (b)}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
by delivering it to the person on whom it is to be served; or
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1901136 {\insrsid1901136\charrsid1901136 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1901136 {\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 (c)}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
by leaving it at the usual or last known place of abode of that person;}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1901136 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 [21]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab The evidence of the defendants on this issue was unsatisfactory.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Notices were sent to a variety of addresses and on one occasion the file was noted }{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 unclaimed notice served to Vishwa on 16.2.93}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 .}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
No evidence was given as to who Vishwa was, why he was served, or where.
\par 
\par [22]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab The plaintiff says P.O. Box 535, Ba to which Mr Rauto says the notices were sent in 1993 and 1997, was neither her address nor that of the deceased.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 The plaintiff\rquote s solicitors discovered all of these matters when the estate intended to sell the lease to Florence and inquiries were made.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Even the notice to Vishwa, assuming service to him might have been correct, was short, and therefore defective and non-compliant.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
Of course non-service or short service is not the governing issue here.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 There was no provision for unilateral increase of the rent other than thr
ough the processes provided for in ALTA, and service of a notice that the rent had been increased departmentally would not suffice.
\par 
\par [23]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab It is clear from the express wording of section 9(1)(g)(i) that the notice requiring re-assessment of rent must be served on the tenant }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 at least three months prior to the expiry of the five-yearly period\'85}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 " }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
Notice could therefore be given earlier than 3 months but not later: First Property Growth Partnership LP v Royal and Sun Alliance Property Services Ltd [2003] 1 All ER 533.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
The statutory words imported into the lease contract are straightforward and lack ambiguity.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
It is not necessary for a construction to be sought as to the meaning that the words were intended to convey separate from their plain meaning}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 :}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
Mannai Investment Co Ltd v Eagle Star Life Insurance Co Ltd}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  [1997] AC 749 at p.779.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par 
\par [24]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab In }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Danam and Company Ltd v AG}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
 (unreported) Lautoka High Court Civil Case No. HBC209.02L, 17 October 2003, Byrne J similarly found the Director of Lands\rquote  insistence on a paymen
t being made for non-compliance with a building condition could not be classified as compensation for the breach of a covenant under section 105(1) or (2) of the Property Law Act.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
His lordship said at paragraph 34 of the judgment:
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1901136 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
Compensation under }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Section 105 (1)}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  is not payable until notice to forfeit the lease is served on the lessee.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
No such notice has been served.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Likewise }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Section 105 (2)}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
 is inapplicable because the lessor has not proceeded to enforce the right of re-entry or forfeiture.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 In any event
 the Director himself does not claim the payment to be compensation but rather penalty for the breach.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1901136 {\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par [25]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab In upholding the need for compliance with ALTA\rquote s provisions the Court of Appeal in }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Janardhan Gounder and Anor. v McElrath and Others}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  (unreported) Civil App No. ABU0020.97, 27 November 1998 said (at p.7):
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\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1901136 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
it is clear that the tribunal has jurisdiction to reassess rent only in accordance with the implied conditions of the contract of tenancy, and it is plain from a study of section
 9(1)(g) that under these conditions a separate notice must be given in respect of each specified 5-year period.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1901136 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Withholding of consent
\par }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par [26]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab The conditions that the Director imposed for his indorsement of consent to the transfer were no doubt intended 
to secure arrears of rental monies which he considered rightly due to the State.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
Had proper application been made to the tribunal, with correct service, and even without attendance of the tenant, the tribunal could have assessed, fixed, and certified increases which would in turn have become due.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Thus proper returns from State property would have been achieved as a matter of efficient estate management.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par 
\par [27]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab If the rent were to have been in arrears and rightly due, still the Director would not have been able to have withheld his consent insisting such conditions should first be met.}
{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 To have done so would have been to have insisted on a payment in the nature of a penalty or fine.
\par 
\par [28]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab Section 94 of the Property Law Act Cap 130 provides:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid1901136 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 94.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
In all lea
ses containing a covenant, condition or agreement that the lessee shall not, without the licence or consent of the lessor, assign, underlet, part with the possession or dispose of the demised premises or any part thereof, that covenant, condition or agree
m
ent shall, unless the lease contains an express provision to the contrary, be deemed to be subject to a proviso to the effect that no fine or sum of money in the nature of a fine shall be payable for or in respect of any such licence or consent; but this 
proviso shall not preclude the right to require the payment of a reasonable sum in respect of any legal or other expenses incurred in relation to the licence or consent.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid1901136 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 [29]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab Section 94 applies to all leases in Fiji requiring consent}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 :}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Wagner v NLTB}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  [1976
] 22 Fiji LR 45 at p.49-50.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 There has been no express provision to the contrary, and section 94 must be deemed to be implied in the lease}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 :}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Danam}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  (supra at para 35).}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 A right to impose a pecuniary charge will not be inferred}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 :}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 The Queen v Barclay}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  8 QBD 306.
\par 
\par [30]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab 
It would be unlawful for the Director to seek to claw back increases that might have been due to the State had the ALTA procedures been followed, by insisting on notional arrears at the time of consent to transfer.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 The opportunity provided in the 5 year cycles had come and gone.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
If there are any outstanding arrears of the annual rent of $295 p.a. these are likely to be settled without dispute.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 But if disputed they can be enforced under the provisions of the lease.
}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Article 27 allows for re-entry for any breach of any covenant or condition.}{\insrsid1901136 
\par 
\par }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 [31]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab To impose a condition in the nature of a fine amounts to a withholding of consent unreasonably}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136 :}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Jenkins v Price}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  [1907] 2 Ch.229 at p.234.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 In }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
Comber v Fleet Electrics Ltd}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  [1955] 2 All ER 161 the tenant applied for the landlord\rquote s consent to assignment of its lease and to a change of user.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 
The landlord insisted as a condition of granting consent, of payment of half the tenant\rquote s share of local authority compensation for a road}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 widening scheme.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 The court held the undertaking by the tenant to pay the landlord such a share to be in breach of the English statute, which was similarly worded to that of Fiji\rquote s section 94.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 The payment being in the nature of a fine was thus unenforceable.
\par 
\par [32]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid1901136  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 \tab As was said in the }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136 Danam}{\insrsid463220\charrsid1901136  case (supra) at para 34:
\par 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid5575839 {\insrsid6978559\charrsid5575839 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 In my opinion }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 Section 13}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839  does not assist the Defendant in this case.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5575839  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 The letter of 5th April 2001 is clear.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5575839  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 
Consent to the transfer is given.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5575839  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 No condition of payment is attached to the consent.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5575839  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 It is attached to the endorsement.}
{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5575839  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 The Director has demanded payment from the Plaintiff to endorse his consent on the transfer document but in my judgment neither }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 Clause 3}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839  nor the other provisions of the lease, nor the }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 Crown Lands Act}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839  or the }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 Property Law Act}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 
 empower the Director to demand such a payment.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid5575839 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid5575839 
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 [33]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab The purpose of the provision for consent is }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
in order to protect the lessor from having his premises used or occupied in an indesirable way or by an undesirable tenant or assignee}{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \'85}{\i\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 " }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
per A.L. Smith LJ in Bates v Donaldso}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 n [1896] 2 QB 241 at p.247.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 In }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Re Gibbs and Houlder Brothers and Company Ltd
\rquote s Lease}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  [1925] 1 Ch.575 Warrington LJ considered the objection must be founded either in the personality of the intended assignee or in the user (at p.585).}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 For instance in }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Bickel v Duke of Westminster}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
 [1976] 3 All ER 801 the Court of Appeal found the withholding of consent so as to prevent the lessees achieving enfranchisement of the leaseholds to be reasonable and to be clearly related to the property the subject matter of the lease.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Enfranchisement would have meant the landlord would have lost the freeholds, and hence his remaining interest in the properties.
\par 
\par [34]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab In }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Re Gibbs}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
 (supra at p.583) Pollock MR thought that the fact that the reason was extraneous to the relationship of landlord and tenant was another factor making refusal unreasonable.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
The transfer of the lease to Florence here is not connected to any possible enforcement proceedings for arrears of rent from the estate of Chinsamy.
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Extension of lease
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 [35]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab There is no real contest on this issue.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 The plaintiff\rquote s lease came to an end on 31 December 1995.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 By virtue of section 13 of ALTA she is entitled as of right to a single extension for a further term of 20 years.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
Her lease was in existence before the 1976 amending Act to ALTA came into force.
\par 
\par [36] \tab No evidence has been put forward suggesting that there has been a failure to cultivate the land in a manner consistent with the practice of good husbandry, the only relevant ground for refusing an extension [section 13(1)(a)].}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 In his affidavit Mr Rauto admits the estate is entitled to a further extension.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
But he is incorrect in law to state without qualification }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 extensions are not granted automatically as of right upon the expiry of a preceding term.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 " }
{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Denial of the right must be based, in this case, on section 13(1)(a) alone, which disqualification has not been claimed or shown.
\par 
\par [37]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab The extension would commence on 1 January 1996, not 11 January 1996 as appears, in error perhaps, in Mr Rauto\rquote s affidavit.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 All of the Director\rquote s correspondence points to an acceptance of an extension to the lease.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
The rent has been paid by being deducted at source by the Fiji Sugar Corporation Ltd from the sugar harvest proceeds from the farm.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 If the rent has been paid at the rate fi
xed unilaterally in 1988 of $382.00 p.a.; the plaintiff might expect a refund for overpayment, the only lawful rent being $295.00 p.a.
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 [38]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab The requested Order 3 is one which this court has necessary jurisdiction to make }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Lotan v Garrick}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  (unreported) Fiji
 Court of Appeal Civil App. No. 45 of 1984, 24 November 1984 at pp.6-7.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 The courts will try to synchronise their roles with regard to land subject to ALTA.}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 In a clear case such as this, which is before the court on other issues, it is appropriate to grant the order sought now.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 The plaintiff is entitled in addition to the relief of an order that the defendants should process the extension of State Lease No. 8199 for 20 years in terms of ALTA with effect from 1 January 1996 forthwith}{
\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 :}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Abdul Kadir v NLTB}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  (unreported) Fiji Court of Appeal Civil App. No. 79 of 1985, 18 July 1986.
\par 
\par [39]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab Declaration (i) is granted without amendment.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
Declaration (ii) is granted with the amendments that 1988 is substituted for 1993, and 2008 for 2003.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 The parties have liberty to rea
pply generally and will inform me if agreement has already been reached, or procedures for re-assessment of the rent through an ALTA application have been put in train, for the rent review of 2003 so that this order can be rectified to reflect that situat
ion.
\par 
\par [40]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab Declaration (iii) and its order should bear the date 1 January 1996.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
Declaration (iv) and order should have the words }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 grant or}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  deleted.
\par 
\par }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Costs
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 [41]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab The defendants oppose an order of costs.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 The plaintiff\rquote s counsel seeks indeminity costs of $4,000.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 He argues the proceedings were unnecessary and the plaintiff as executrix was answerable to the beneficiaries for the administration of the estate.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
The plaintiff is not personally interested in the land.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Orders in addition to declarations were being sought.
\par 
\par [42]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab The defendants officers\rquote  conduct was careless and cavalier in the way that they ignored procedures.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
These procedures were well known to them, and were referred to in their standard letters to lessees notifying them of applications for re-assessments thereafter to be made to the tribunal.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 They should have known they had no power to make re-assessments internally, unilaterally, by themselves.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
However I do not regard the conduct as sufficiently }{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 reprehensible}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 "}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  as in }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
Police Service Commission v Beniamino Naiveli}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  (unreported) FCA Civil App. No. ABU0052.95S where errors were pointed out and ignored, or as an abuse of process }{\i\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 "}{
\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 for dragging others to court on the same matter}{\i\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379 ":}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Jai Krishna & Anor. v FSC and 3 Others}{
\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  (unreported) Lautoka High Court Civil Action No. HBC0383.95L, 18 April 1997, per Lyons J.
\par 
\par [43]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab I refer to my ruling on costs in }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Frank R. Eggers Junior v Blue Shield }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
(Pacific) Insurance Ltd (unreported) Lautoka High Court Civil Action HBC0094.97L, 11 March 2003 where I had cause to consider indemnity costs and special orders, and also }{\i\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
Mahendra Pal Chaudhry v Laisenia Qarase and 2 Others}{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379  (unreported) Lautoka High Court Civil Action No. HBC282.01L, 24 April 2002.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
I am mindful that the costs of enforcing the rights of the estate here have been borne by the estate whose only asset was the farm.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
From all of these circumstances I conclude a special order therefore is appropriate.
\par 
\par [44]}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 \tab The factual story was long and complicated.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Both sides submitted helpful and again l
engthy written submissions.}{\insrsid6978559\charrsid12215379  }{\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 Summarily, I order a gross sum pursuant to Order 62 rule 9(4) of $3,000 costs against the defendants.
\par }{\b\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 
\par Result
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 [45] \tab 
The declarations and orders are as follows:
\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid6978559 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [i] \tab 
A declaration that the rental for the State Lease Number 8199 covered by LD Ref }{\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 4/1/1557 }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
is at present $ 295.00 per annum with effect from 1st April, 1983 in the absence of any agreement of the parties or assessment by the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant 
Tribunal and the defendants cannot demand any arrears in excess of the sum of $ 295.00 per annum.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [ii]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab A declaration that having failed to reach agreement from 1988 to date on an increased rental for State Lease Number 8199 or an order of the Agricultura
l Landlord and Tenant Tribunal allowing or ordering any increase the defendants are only entitled to seek a re-assessment under the terms of the Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act Cap 270 on next 5th year anniversary of the said lease which would fall o
n 1st April, 2008.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [iii]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab 
A declaration that the plaintiff is entitled to an extension of State Lease Number 8199 for 20 years in terms of Agricultural Landlord and Tenant Act with effect from 1st January, 1996 and the defendants should process the same forthwith.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [iv]}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid6978559  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 \tab 
A declaration that the imposition of the conditions on grant of consent and endorsement thereof by the 1st defendant contained in the letter dated 23rd February, 2000 is tantamount to an unreasonable withholding of consent and is unlawful a
nd the defendants should proceed to endorse the consent forthwith.
\par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12215379 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 [ v] \tab The defendants to bear the plaintiff\rquote s costs of $3,000.

\par }\pard\plain \s16\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid463220\charrsid6978559 
\par }\pard\plain \ql \li720\ri0\widctlpar\wrapdefault\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid12215379 \fs24\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\insrsid463220\charrsid12215379 [vi] \tab 
Liberty to apply generally and for further directions.
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