A description of a category or categories of land is good enough, in my view, because when the time comes for donees to act, that will be the time for them to identify the land most specifically and accurately, usually by parcel numbers or other numbers. The Registrar erred in not accepting the description of the land. Seal In one of the letters of the Registrar, he questioned the use of a seal by Mr Beverley on his power of attorney. The query is baseless. Mandamus Mr Beverley asked the Court to grant order of mandamus compelling the Registrar to register Mr Beverley's power of attorney.
Mandamus is an order requiring an act to be carried out.
In the past it was a prerogative of the Crown and so the Crown could not exercise it against itself. It is, however, now settled law that mandamus can issue against an officer of the Crown where the obligation is that of the officer and not something that only the Crown itself may do. It may be made against an Officer of the Crown who is obliged by statute to do some ministerial act, or against a subordinate tribunal to carry out it adjudication, but not to adjudicate to a particular result. In this jurisdiction, Sunny Wunsan Tong's case is an example in point. Ward CJ ordered the Registrar of Titles to register a power of attorney.