[1] This is the appellants' appeal against the decision of the learned Judicial Commissioner allowing the respondent's claim for an order declaring him to be the lawful owner of a piece of land and that the appellants hold the said land as trustees for the respondent and other consequential orders. On 4 September 2014, we heard submissions of learned counsel for the parties. After perusing the records of appeal, the grounds of decision of the learned Judicial Commissioner and the written submission of the parties, we allowed the appeal with costs. We now give our grounds for allowing the appeal. We will refer to the parties as they were referred to at the High Court.

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