MLC 2014 Jun Judges Corner Ambler J
Who are the engaged owners at any given point in time? Are they the owners who attended the most recent meeting?
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
Who are the engaged owners at any given point in time? Are they the owners who attended the most recent meeting?
Documents/Judges-corner-articles/MLC-2014-Jun-Judges-Corner-Ambler-J.pdf (191 kb)
So we are dealing with multiple owners averaging 85 owners per title – the lowest 10% averaging 1 owner to each title, and the highest 10%, averaging 629 owners in each title.
NOTIFYING BENEFICIAL OWNERS OF A GENERAL OR SPECIAL MEETING 12.1 The Trustees must take all reasonable steps to notify the Beneficial Owners that a General or Special Meeting of Beneficial Owners is to be held ("Notice").
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/Standard-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-with-Checklist-and-Disclaimer.pdf (488 kb)
Comment Box While the land and any other property vested in the trust is held and used for the benefit of the beneficial owners, the beneficial owners are not the legal owners.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/2021-12-07-Ahu-Whenua-Trust-Order-Template.pdf (398 kb)
Updated interim list of owners of the Toitoi SILNA Block Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District (South Island Landless Natives Act 1906) The Māori Land Court has released an updated working list of potential owners entitled to the Toitoi Land (Crown Land Block VIII Lords River Survey District) under Section 15 of Ngāi Tahu Deed of Settlement 1997.
Documents/SILNA/Updated-interim-list-of-owners-of-the-Toitoi-Crown-Land-Block-VIII-Lords-River-Survey-District2.pdf (1.2 mb)
Combined partition an owner or a group of owners may benefit by combining their interests, held in two neighbouring blocks, into one block.
Combined partition an owner or a group of owners may benefit by combining their interests, held in two neighbouring blocks, into one block.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MLC-title-improvement-english.pdf (385 kb)
COMBINED PARTITION An owner or group of owners may benefit by combining their interests, held in two neighbouring blocks, into one block.
Documents/Guides-Templates-Factsheets/MOJ0217.5E-OCT21-Title-Improvement.pdf (357 kb)
The first is that where trustees are not appointed according to an election the Court is accused of ignoring the wishes of the owners or of usurping their role in electing individuals of the owners’ choice.
But, it is my experience that not all owners will participate even with notice. It is not uncommon for a block of 100-200 owners, for meetings to attract less than 10 owners – and that is on a good day.