To the Honourable Jeff Shaw QC MLC
Attorney General for New South Wales
Dear Attorney
Torrens title: compensation for loss
We make this final Report pursuant to the reference to this Commission dated 20 January 1988.
The Hon Justice David Hodgson
(Commissioner-in-Charge)
Professor Michael Tilbury
(Commissioner)
The Hon Justice Mahla Pearlman
(Commissioner)
Mr Craig Kelly
(Commissioner)
June 1996
Terms of Reference
On 20 January 1988 the Commission received the following terms of reference:
To inquire into and report on:
(i) the extent to which all or some of the Torrens System Register should be subject to a State guarantee, and the extent of this guarantee;
(ii) the operation of the Assurance Fund, established under the Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) ("RPA"), to assess whether it is working as intended and as efficiently as possible; and
(iii) any related matter.
Participants
The Law Reform Commission is constituted by the Law Reform Commission Act 1967. For the purpose of this reference, the Chairman, in accordance with the Act, created a Division comprising the following members of the Commission:
The Hon Justice David Hodgson*
Mr Craig Kelly
The Hon Justice Mahla Pearlman
The Hon G J Samuels AC QC (from 3 April 1993 - 28 February 1996)
Professor Michael Tilbury
(* denotes Commissioner-in-Charge)
Officers of the Commission
Executive Director
Research and Writing
Ms Suwanee Dharmalingam
Mr Brendan Edgeworth
Mr Joseph Waugh
Librarian
Desktop Publishing
Administrative Assistance
Ms Zoya Howes
Ms Jean Dulieu
