Amuzu v Okukah (N/A) [1997] GHASC 1 (26 March 1997);

Land registration - Instruments affecting land - Registration - Equitable doctrine of notice and fraud - Equitable doctrine not abolished by Land Registry Actf 1962 (Act 122) - Courts cannot ignore equitable doctrine of notice in respect of unconscionable conduct and unjust transactions -Land Registry Act, 1962 (Act 122).

Land registration - Instruments affecting land - Registration - Effect - Whether registered document conferring state-guaranteed title - Act 122.

Land registration - Instruments affecting land - Registration - Priorities - When later registered instrument having priority over earlier unregistered instrument - Later purchaser of land having actual notice that same land in some way encumbered by earlier purchase - Later purchaser deemed in equity to have constructive notice of earlier grant - Purpose of Land Registry Act, 1962 (Act 122), s 24(1) - Act 122, s 24(1).

Land registration - Instruments affecting land - Registration - Fraud - Defence of - Fraud constituting defence for avoiding incidence of registration if specifically pleaded in terms of Order 19, rr 6 and 16 - Duty of appellate court when defence not specifically pleaded but clear unpleaded evidence available - High Court (Civil Procedure) Rules, 1954 (LN 140A), Order 19, rr 6 and 16- Evidence Decree, 1975 (NRCD 323), ss 5, 6 and 11.