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The Native Lands Act (Amendment) Decree 2000 must be regarded as meaningless and of no legal effect. \par \par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs24\lang3081\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp3081 {\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Plaintiff}{ \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s Originating Summons is struck out as it discloses no reasonable cause of action against the }{ \caps\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 f}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 irst and }{\caps\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 t}{ \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 hird }{\caps\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 d}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 efendants. \par \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Cases referred to in Judgment \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Anisminic Limited v The Foreign Compensation Commission}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1968) 2 QB 862}{ \b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs24\lang3081\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp3081 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Drummond-Jackson v British Medical Council}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1970) 1 WLR 688 \par }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Frazer v Walker}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1967) 1 All ER 649 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Ghim Li Fashion (Fiji) Pte. Ltd. v Commissioner of Inland Revenue }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (2001) HBC0403/98 \par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs24\lang3081\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp3081 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Jokapeci Koroi & Others v Commissioner of Inland Revenue }{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (2001) HBC179/01L 24 August 2001 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Malone v Met ropolitan Police Commissioner}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1979) 2 All ER 620 \par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs24\lang3081\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp3081 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 McKay and Another v Essex Area Health Authority and Another}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1982) 2 All ER 771}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par Meli Kaliavu v NLTB}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1956-57) 5 FLR 17}{\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Mitchell v Director of Public Prosecutions}{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1986) LRC (Const.) 35 \par }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Mutasa v Attorney-General}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1980) QB 114 \par }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Republic of Fiji v Chandrika Prasad }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (No. 2)}{ \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (2001) ABU0078/00S; [2001] 2 LRC 743 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\dbch\af12\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs24\lang3081\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp3081 {\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Ro Alivereti Lagamu Tuisawau and Others v Fiji Industries Limtied }{\lang2057\langfe3081\cgrid0\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 [1998] HBC 0164/97 Ruling }{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 9 July 1998 \par }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 State v Audie Pickering }{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (2001) HAM 007/01S 30 July 2001 \par }{\b\i\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Timoci Bavadra v NLTB}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 [1986] HBC 421/86 11 July 1986 \par }{\b\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Usaia R. Ratuvili for the Plaintiff \par Savenaca Banuve for the }{\i\caps\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 f}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 irst and }{ \i\caps\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 t}{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 hird }{\i\caps\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 d}{ \i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 efendants \par Ganga P. Shankar for the Second Defendant \par }\pard\plain \s15\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs24\lang3081\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp3081 {\b\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 4 October, 2001}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par }\pard \qc \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\b\caps\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 judgment}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }{\b\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Byrne, J \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 On the 22nd of September 2000 the Plaintiff issued an Originating Summons claiming the following Declarations and Order:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (1)\tab}}\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls1\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 \f29\fs24\lang1033\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp3081 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 A Declaration that the First Defendant acted illegally in issuing Crown Lease No. 13551 to the Second Defendant when he had Notice of the Yavusa Wailevu and Mataqali Matalevu}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s claim on the land in question.}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (2)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls1\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 A further Declaration that because he was on notice of the Plaintiff}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s Reserve claim, the First Defendant was estopped from issuing a lease over the land in question. \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (3)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls1\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 An Order that the Crown Lease 13551 be revoked and the lease to the Second Defendant terminated.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (4)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls1\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Any further Order that this Court may deem just in the circumstances. \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par The Plaintiff also asks for costs to be borne by the First and Second Defendants. \par \par The Plaintiff swore an affidavit in support of his Summons in which, so far as relevant, he deposes to the following:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (1)\tab}}\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls2\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 \f29\fs24\lang1033\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp3081 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 That he is the senior member of the Mataqali Matalevu in the village of Vunitogoloa in the district of Rakiraki in the Province of Ra.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (2)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls2\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 That at a meeting held in his village in about July 2000 the majority of the members of his Mataqali Matalevu appointed him to be their authorised spokesman and representative in all legal matters pertaining to their Mataqali.}{ \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (3)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls2\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 That in 1996 his Mataqali lodged a claim with the Commission of Native Reserves for the land called Matalevu.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (4)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls2\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 That on or about May 1999 the First Defendant issued a lease to the Second Defendant for 99 years, namely Crown Lease 13551 over the Matalevu land. \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (5)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls2\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 That the Plaintiff and his Mataqali were never consulted at any stage by the First Defendant concerning the issuing of the lease.}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \s18\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\tx-1440\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par {\listtext\pard\plain\s18 \lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\langfenp3081\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \hich\af0\dbch\af0\loch\f0 (6)\tab}}\pard \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\ls2\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 { \f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 That the lease was obtained in the full knowledge that there was a pending Reserve claim on the land in question. \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par On the 10th of October 2000 the First and Third Defendants issued a Motion for an Order under Order 18 Rule 18 (1) of the Rules of the High Court that the Statement of Claim discloses no reasonable cause of action. \par \par The Motion is supported by an affidavit by the Director of Lands sworn on the 13th of October 2000 and of Zarin Khan a Director of the Second Defendant. \par \par The affidavit of the Director of Lands, Mr. Barma Nand denies the allegations made by the Plaintiff.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 He says that the land known as Matalevu over which Crown Lease 13551 was issued comprising 39.8919 hectares or approximately 20 acres is Schedule B Land under {\*\bkmkstart s19_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Section 19 {\*\bkmkend s19_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}of the Native Lands Act Cap. 133 and as such wholly in the control of the State which is administered by the Director of Lands who has the authority to issue leases. \par \par Mr. Nand further states that the area covered by the Crown Lease is part of the 677 acres of land identified as NLC Lot 10 in the Crown Lease. \par \par Mr. Nand then states that neither he nor his department was required to consult the Plaintiff or any other persons before dealing with Crown Schedule B lands and that the Plaintiff does not have sufficient authority or interest to initiate these proceedings.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 He claims that the interest of the Plaintiff or the Mataqali he purports to represent is very tenuous in that the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s interest has not been conclusively determined pursuant to Section 18 of the Native Lands Trust Act Cap. 134 and has not been set aside as Native Reserve. \par \par He agrees that eventually Crown lands in Schedule A and B would revert to Native Lands to be administered by the Native Lands Trust Board which also has been implemented through the Native Lands Act (Amendment) Decree No. {\*\bkmkstart Interim_D15_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}15 of 2000 {\*\bkmkend Interim_D15_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}published on 12th July 2000. \par \par I shall have more to say about this Decree later but now refer to the affidavit of Zarin Khan. \par \par Mr. Khan states that the lease his company received from the First Defendant is legal and binding as it has been duly registered under the Property Law Act and the Land Transfer Act.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 He further denies that the Second Defendant has been a party or privity to any act of fraud or illegality and that his company was granted the lease bona fide without knowledge or notice of any illegal act. \par \par It is probably convenient here to refer to the Decree mentioned by Mr. Barma Nand in his affidavit because in my judgment it has no bearing on the question before me in so far as I regard it as a nullity. \par \par The title of the Decree is curious.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It is called the Native Lands Act (Amendment) Decree 2000 which must be regarded as meaningless and of no legal effect.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 No Decree can amend an Act of Parliament which has been held by three Judges of this Court, Shameem J., Gates J. and myself in judgments given in the last two months namely }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart State_v_Audie_Pickering_AG_v_Emosi}State v Audie Pickering}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend State_v_Audie_Pickering_AG_v_Emosi} unreported judgment of Shameem J. in Suva High Court Misc. Action No. HAM007 of 2001S on the 30th of July 2001, my judgment in HBC043 of 1999S }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Ghim_Li_Fashion_v_CIR_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Ghim Li Fashion (Fiji) Limited v Commissioner of Inland {\*\bkmkend Ghim_Li_Fashion_v_CIR_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Revenue}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 unreported judgment of 16th August 2001 and by Gates J. in Action No. HBC179/2001l }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Jokapeci_v_CIR_2_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Jokapeci Koroi and Two Others v Commissioner of Inland {\*\bkmkend Jokapeci_v_CIR_2_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Revenue and Another}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 unreported judgment of the 24th of August 2001. \par \par }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Audie Pickering}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 case concerned mandatory minimum sentences under the Drugs Act which purported to be imposed by Decree and not by an Act of Parliament.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Her Ladyship held that as such a Decree was a nullity. \par \par In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Ghim Li Fashion}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 case I held that the Value Added Tax Decree of 1991 was unconstitutional in that it purported to amend and render invalid all existing Acts, laws or regulations concerning the imposition of Income Tax.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 I held that in so far as the Decree purported to repeal legislation passed by Parliament it was a nullity.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par \par It is only fair to say that I did not receive any submissions on this from the parties in this case but in so far as the Director of Lands relies on the Decree in question it is important that I refer to it in this judgment. \par \par The Decree purports to amend the Native Lands Act in several respects.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It repeals the definition of Native Lands in the Act and replaces it by a much wider definition.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It also purports to increase the percentage of income arising from vacant land vested in the Board from 10% to 15%.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 There are other amendments which I need not recite.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It may be that there are good policy reasons for the making of the Decree but I am satisfied that it cannot be justified by the doctrine of nec essity if that was the reason for Commodore Bainimarama, the Commander of the Armed Forces, under whose hand the Decree was published. \par \par In pages 20 to 26 of his judgment in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Koroi}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 case Gates J. discusses the circumstances in which the Doctrine of Necessity may be invoked and with which I respectfully agree.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It will suffice if I refer to page 22 of his judgment when he refers to the judgment of Haynes P. in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Mitchell_v_DPP_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Mitchell v Director of Public Prosecutions}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend Mitchell_v_DPP_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands} (1986) LRC (Const.) 35 at p.88 now regarded as an authority on this question.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Haynes P. said:}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (i)\tab an imperative necessity must arise because of the existence of exceptional circumstances not provided for in the Constitution, for immediate action to be taken to protect or preserve some vital function to the State;}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (ii) \tab there must be no other course of action reasonably available;}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (iii) \tab any such action must be reasonably necessary in the interest of peace, order, and good government; but it must not do more than is necessary or legislate beyond that; \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (iv) \tab it must not impair the just rights of citizens under the Constitution; \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (v) \tab it must not be one the sole effect and intention of which is to consolidate or strengthen the revolution as such.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par I consider none of these conditions can apply as justification for the Native Lands Act (Amendment) Decree, which, consequently in my judgment will have to be submitted to the new Parliament if the new Government supports the purposes and amendments claimed to be made by the Decree.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 In so far therefore that the First and Third Defendant s place any reliance on the Native Lands Act (Amendment) Decree 2000, I hold that they cannot do so.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It is not a law of which the Courts can take notice.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par \par I make these comments on the Decree because I consider there is a danger that the public or even the legal profession may be lulled into thinking that all Decrees passed by an unelected administrator or, in the instant case, the Commander and Head of Government following the takeover by Mr. George Speight and his supporters on May the 19th last year have any validity.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 In my judgment most if not all of the Decrees made by Commander Bainimarama, particularly in the light of the upholding of the 1997 Constitution by Court of Appeal in }{ \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Chandrika Prasad}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 case, have no legal validity.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par \par I also endorse the statement by Gates J. at page 31 of his judgment:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 In the circumstances, it is essential that the incoming Parliament review all of the Decrees made since 1987 and subject them to the normal processes of a bill.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Only then will Parliament be true to its constitutional pact with the people of Fiji.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 A reference tucked away at the end of the Constitution [section 195(1)] of all written laws continuing in force, does not amount to a parliamentary process complying with such a pact.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Parliament should seek to complete such a process within as short a time as possible, perhaps 12 months.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Parliament, setting its own procedure, will no doubt extend that time as it thinks fit.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par In my judgment these are matters of fundamental importance to the law of this country and the sooner all Decrees passed since 1987 are re-visited by the new Parliament the better for the country. \par \par I pass now to the submissions by the Defendants as to why the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s Originating Summons should be struck out.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Counsel for the First and Third Defendants begins by saying that the Defendant s do not rely on the affidavit of the Director of Lands in their submissions on {\*\bkmkstart O18_r18_1_a_HCR_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Order 18 Rule 18(1)(a) {\*\bkmkend O18_r18_1_a_HCR_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands} but whilst I note that, nevertheless the Decree annexed to the Director}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s affidavit is part of the evidence before the Court and one which as I have said in my view calls for comment because of the broader principle which I consider is involved on the validity of Decrees in general. \par \par The first matter to be considered is that of locus standi of the Plaintiff to bring this action.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The Plaintiff sues in his personal capacity and in a representative capacity for and on behalf of members of the Mataqali Matalevu of Vunitogoloa, Rakiraki in Ra.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Certain authorities appear on the right of the Plaintiff to sue.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Timoci_Bavadra_v_NLTB_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Timoci Bavadra v NLTB}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend Timoci_Bavadra_v_NLTB_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}HBC 421/86, judgment of Rooney J. of 11th July 1986, the Plaintiff applied pursuant to Order 15 Rule 13 of the Rules for leave to institute a representative action against the Defendant on behalf of Tokatoka Werecakaca, Mataqali Elevuke of Viseisei Village, Vuda.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Leave was refused.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The relevant matters held by Rooney J. were: }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 \f29\fs24\lang1033\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp3081 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (i) \tab Individual members of a Mataqali or other landowning units have no right to institute proceedings in this Court - }{\b\i\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Meli_Kaliavu_v_NLTB_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Meli Kaliavu v NLTB}{\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 - {\*\bkmkend Meli_Kaliavu_v_NLTB_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}5 FLR 17. \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 \f29\fs24\lang1033\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp3081 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (ii) \tab Whilst the Plaintiff sought leave to institute a representative action on behalf of the Tokatoka, he nowhere claimed the support of the majority of members. \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 \f29\fs24\lang1033\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp3081 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (iii) \tab Even if the Plaintiff could show the support of the majority of the adult members of the landholding unit, this would not necessarily give him or the people represented the right to sue. \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \s18\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 \f29\fs24\lang1033\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp3081 {\f0\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (iv) \tab If the Plaintiff wished to pursue his case further he had to establish within the framework of the common law that a Tokatoka or Mataqali has the right to sue and be sued in the Courts. \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par Rooney J. said:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The composition, function and management of a Mataqali and the regulation of the rights of members in relation to each other and to persons and things outside it are governed by customary law separate from and independent o f the general law administered in this court.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Ro_A_Tuisawau_v_Fiji_Ind_Vunisa_v_Dir_L}Ro Alivereti Lagamu Tuisawau and Others v Fiji Industries Limtied }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend Ro_A_Tuisawau_v_Fiji_Ind_Vunisa_v_Dir_L}HBC164 of 1997 in my unreported judgment of the 9th of July 1998 following }{ \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Meli Kaliavu}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 and }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Bavadra}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 I ruled that individual members of a Mataqali who cannot produce evidence of consent from other members of the Mataqali to act on their behalf did not have locus to commence proceedings. }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 This simply means that each m ember of the Mataqali has equal rights and their consent needs to be obtained before any action is taken on their behalf. \par \par It is not sufficient in my judgment merely to assert as the Plaintiff does in paragraph 5 of his affidavit of 21st September 2000 tha t the majority of the members of his Mataqali Matalevu appointed him to be their authorised spokesman and representative in all legal matters pertaining to their Mataqali.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 I would have thought it a simple matter for the Plaintiff to produce evidence of hi s assertion in the form of perhaps a statement signed by the members of his Mataqali or better still affidavits verifying the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s claim.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 There is no such evidence. \par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par No Reasonable Cause of Action \par \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 A reasonable cause of action means a cause of action with some chance of success when only the allegations in the pleadings are considered - }{ \b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Drummond_British_Med_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Drummond-Jackson v {\*\bkmkend Drummond_British_Med_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}British Medical Council}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1970) 1 WLR 688 followed in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart McKay_v_Essex_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}McKay and Another v {\*\bkmkend McKay_v_Essex_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Essex Area Health Authority and Another}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (1982) 2 All ER 771. \par \par In the first Declaration the Plaintiff alleges that the First Defendant acted illegally in issuing Crown Lease No. 13551 to the Second Defendant. \par \par In paragraph 7 of his affidavit he states that his Mataqali lodged his claim to the land concerned with the Commissioner for Native Reserves.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Annexure EV 1 of the affidavit shows that the land is State Schedule B land.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Section 19 of the Native Lands Act Cap. 133 clarifies the status of Schedule B lands.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The Commission sh all have power to mark out and define the boundaries of any lands which on investigation by the Commission, may be found to have been unoccupied at the date of cession of the Fiji Islands to the British Crown and to have remain unoccupied up to the time of the sittings of the Commission and to which no title has been created by the operation of any active custom which was in force before cession.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Such lands shall be declared by the Minister to be vacant lands under the control of the Crown and shall be dealt with in every respect as Crown Lands.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par In my judgment therefore it is clear that native title has never existed over the land in question and that consequently the Plaintiff cannot assert legal rights over it.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 He is a mere claimant pursuant to {\*\bkmkstart s18_1_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Section 18(1) {\*\bkmkend s18_1_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands} of the Native Lands Trust Act to have the land set aside as Native Reserve for the use of his Mataqali as the section says. \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 If the Governor-General is satisfied that the lan d belonging to any mataqali is insufficient for the use, maintenance or support of its members it shall be lawful for the Governor-General by proclamation to set aside such Crown land, or land acquired for or on behalf of Fijians as by purchase as in his opinion may be required for the use, maintenance or support of such mataqali.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Any area so set aside shall be deemed to be a native reserve.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par It follows in my judgment that neither the Plaintiff nor the Mataqali he claims to represent have any legal rights over the land at the present time.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Indeed it is unclear whether the claimant is the only claimant over the land.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Because of this there can be no guarantee that the application by the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s Mataqali will succeed.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 This will depend on whether the P resident is satisfied that the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s Mataqali have insufficient land for their use. \par \par In short it may be said fairly that at the moment the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s claim is based on mere speculation. \par \par By contrast {\*\bkmkstart s19_1_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Section 19(1) {\*\bkmkend s19_1_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}and {\*\bkmkstart s19_2_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}(2){\*\bkmkend s19_2_Native_Lands_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands} of the Native Lands Trust Act Cap. 133 gives the First Defendant a clear statutory mandate to issue Crown leases over Schedule B lands as claimed by the Director of Lands in his affidavit. \par \par Before the Court can have jurisdiction to grant declaratory orders it must be satisfied of at least two matters:}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard\plain \s19\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs24\lang1033\langfe3081\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp3081 {\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (i) \tab it must have the necessary parties before it;}{\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }\pard \s19\ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \s19\ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\faauto\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\lang2057\langfe3081\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 (ii) \tab the matter must be justiciable. \par }\pard\plain \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 \fs20\lang1033\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp1033\langfenp1033 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par As to (i) I am not satisfied that the necessary parties are before the Court in so far as my views about the locus of the Plaintiff are concerned.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 As to (ii) in the Court of Appeal in }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Anisminic_v_FCC_Vunisa_Dir_Lands}Anisminic Limited v The Foreign Compensation Commission }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend Anisminic_v_FCC_Vunisa_Dir_Lands}(1968) 2 QB 862 AT 910 Diplock L.J. (as he then was) said:}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154 \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The jurisdiction to give declaratory judgments is limited to declaring the existence of legally enforceable rights or liabilities.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Malone_v_Metropolitan_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Malone v Metropolitan Police Commissioner}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend Malone_v_Metropolitan_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}(1979) 2 All ER 620 at 627 Megarry V.C. held that the Court}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s power to make declaratory judgments or orders is confined to matters justiciable in the Courts, meaning legal or equitable rights and not moral, social or even political matters. \par \par In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Mutasa_v_AG_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Mutasa v Attorney-General}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend Mutasa_v_AG_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}(1980) QB 114 the Court refused declaratory relief on the ground that the matter before it involved only an imperfect obligation. \par \par The Plaintiff has failed to satisfy me of his right to obtain declaratory relief for the reasons stated in these cases. \par \par }{\b\fs24\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Land Transfer Act Cap. 131}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par I consider that the Second Defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s interests are protected against the Plaintiff by the Land Transfer Act.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The Act defines }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 instrument of title}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 as including a certificate of title, Crown grant, lease, sub-lease, mortgage or other encumbrance.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Crown grant}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 means any grant of land by the Crown. \par \par {\*\bkmkstart s40_Land_Transfer_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Sections 40 {\*\bkmkend s40_Land_Transfer_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}and {\*\bkmkstart s41_Land_Transfer_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}41{\*\bkmkend s41_Land_Transfer_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands} protect the Second Defendant and are well known in land law.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 By Section 40, except in the case of fraud, no person contracting or taking a transfer from the proprietor of any estate or interest in land is required to inquire into or ascertain the circumstances in which the proprietor or any previous proprietor was registered.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Th is means that a bona fide purchaser for value on registration acquires immunity from attack by adverse claim to the land in respect of which he is registered. \par \par In }{\b\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkstart Frazer_v_Walker_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}Frazer v Walker}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 {\*\bkmkend Frazer_v_Walker_Vunisa_v_Dir_Lands}(1967) 1 All ER 649 at 652 the Privy Council said: \par }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li720\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin720\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The expression }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 indefeasibility of title}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 , not used in the Act, is a convenient description of the immunity from attack by adverse claim to the land or interest in respect of which he is registered, which a regist ered proprietor enjoys.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 This conception is central in the system of registration.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It does not involve that the registered proprietor is protected against any claim whatsoever; as will be seen later, there are provisions by which the entry on which he relies may be cancelled or corrected, or he may be exposed to claims in personam.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 These are matters not to be over looked when a total description of his rights is required; but as registered proprietor, and while he remains such, no adverse (except as specifically admitted) may be brought against him.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 "}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par Section 18 of the Act makes the lease conclusive evidence of the Second Defendant}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s estate or interest. \par \par In response to the submissions by the Defendants the Plaintiff first states that under the rules of the Court he cannot tender any evidence to support his claim to have a right to sue.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 This submission however mis-states Order 18 which does not apply to the Plaintiff in this case. \par \par Rule 18 prohibits the tendering of any evidence in support of any party attempting to strike out or amend any pleading which is alleged to disclose no reasonable cause of action or defence.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The purpose of the Rule is clear.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It allows argument on the law only without permitting the Court to consider any evidence in support of an application to strike out.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 I therefore reject this submission. \par \par Lastly the Plaintiff, perhaps now realising the difficulties he faces, submits that the Court should exercise its discretion to amend the pleadings so that the Native Land Trust Board is also included as a party.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 It is said that this will ensure that the case is properly ventilated before the Court and that all relevant facts are before it. \par \par I cannot accept this submission because to do so would be clumsy and illogical because of the clear view I have formed that the Plaintiff has no cause of action against the First and Third Defendants.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 To accede to the Plaintiff}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s request would result in the curious situation of having a new Defendant substituted for the Defendants dismissed from the action and an amended statement of claim and other pleadings being delivered by the Plaintiff and the new Defendant in the present action.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 In my view that would also be an abuse of process.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 The proper course for the Plaintiff if he wishes is to issue fresh proceedings against only the Native Land Trust Board so that the rights and liabilities of the Board towards the Plaintiff can be determined in a separate action.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 I therefore reject the Plaintiff}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s submission and make the order sought by the First and Third Defendants in paragraph 1 of their Motion that the Plaintiff}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 '}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 s Originating Summons be struck out on the ground that it discloses no reasonable cause of action against the First and Third Defendants.}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Those Defendants do not ask for costs but the Second Defendant who has an important interest in the proceedings does.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 I consider it fair to award the Second Defendant costs against the Plaintiff which I fix at $350.00.}{ \fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3408917 }{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 There will be orders accordingly. \par }{\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Application granted for first and third Defendants. \par }\pard \ql \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\i\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }\pard \qr \li0\ri0\nowidctlpar\aspalpha\aspnum\faauto\adjustright\rin0\lin0\itap0\pararsid3408917 {\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 Shayne Sorby}{\fs24\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid3044154\charrsid3408917 \par }}