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\fs24\lang3081\langfe1033\cgrid\langnp3081\langfenp1033 {\b\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 IN THE SUPREME COURT, FIJI ISLANDS
\par AT SUVA
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\par }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 (Fiji Court of Appeal Civil Action No. ABU0066 of 1998S)}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609 
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\par Coram:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 Hon Justice Robert French}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 \endash }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 Judge of Supreme Court
\par Hon Justice Kenneth Handley}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 \endash }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 Judge of Supreme Court
\par Hon Justice Mark Weinberg}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 \endash }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 Judge of Supreme Court
\par 
\par Hearing:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 Thursday, 23rd October 2003, Suva
\par 
\par Counsel:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 Mr}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639 . A.K. Singh for the Petitioner}{
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\par Mr. S. Parshotam for the Respondent
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\par Date of Judgment:}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16059639 Thursday, 23rd October 2003
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This is an application for special leave to appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal of 22/11/01 in an action for possession brought by the bank as mortgagee against its mortgagor, the petitioner.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }
{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 The jurisdiction of this Court to grant special leave to appeal from the decision of the Court of Appeal in a civil matter is defined by s.7 of the Supreme Court Act 1998.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 This Court must not grant special leave unless the case raises a far reaching question of law,}{
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a matter of great general or public importance, or a matter that is otherwise of substantial general interest to the administration of justice. (Section 7(3)).
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itioner to the Court of Appeal under s.121(2)(a) of the Constitution for leave to appeal from the decision of 22/11/01 was refused on 26/2/02.
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The petitioner set out in his petition 10 grounds which were said to support the grant of special leave.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 Many raised questions of fact}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 which are not grounds for special leave.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 Those grounds which did raise questions of law were without substance. The petitioner complains that the Court of Appeal wrongly refused him a longer adjournment.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 Their reasons for judgment show that they fully considered this application.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 Their decision was a discretionary one in a matter of practice and procedure which could rarely, if ever, attract the grant of special leave from this Court.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 In this case no basis for the grant of}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 special leave on this ground has been shown.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 
Litigants in Fiji do not have a constitutional right to an adjournment.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 While mortgagees and their solicitors}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 should comply with Order 88 dealing with mortgage actions, Order 2 provides in Rule 1 (1) that non-c
ompliance with the rules does not nullify the proceedings. In any event the grounds based on Order 88 seem to be directed to the proceedings before Fatiaki J. (as he then was) and not the proceedings before Scott J. which are the proceedings at first inst
ance which are now relevant.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 
Other grounds relate to alleged failures by the bank to exercise its rights under other securities, but it is established law that a creditor owes no duty to a surety to exercise its powers under its securities.}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 See }{\b\i\ul\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 China and South Seas Bank Ltd. v. Tan}{
\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609  [1990] 1 AC 536.}{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16059639  }{\lang2057\langfe1033\langnp2057\insrsid16000609\charrsid16000609 The remaining grounds do not call for special mention.

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\par A.K. Singh Law, Nausori for the Petitioner
\par Messrs. Parshotam and Company, Suva for the Respondent
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