Auckland District Law Society v Dorbu [2010] NZLCDT 9 [pdf, 217 KB]
...March 2002 Mr Barge declared the agreement unconditional and paid a deposit of $110,000 into the Trust account of Freeport’s solicitors Knight Coldicutt. On 21 March 2002 Mr Barge’s solicitors, Castle Brown lodged a caveat on his behalf to protect his interest as purchaser. Settlement was due to occur on 4 April 2002 however prior to that Freeport needed to remove the caveats over the title to the property including one which had been lodged by the previous purchaser Whitaker....