The court found that the Land Registrar failed to comply with the mandatory statutory requirements for registering a caution against the Applicant's land, specifically by not issuing the required notice to the registered proprietor and not demonstrating that the statutory procedure was followed. The court noted that the underlying tribunal award, which ostensibly formed the basis for the caution, had been set aside by the Court of Appeal as a sham. The Respondent did not provide evidence of a valid application for registration of the caution or compliance with the law. The Applicant had made repeated requests for removal of the caution, which the Registrar ignored. In these circumstances, the Applicant established a clear legal right to have the caution removed and the Registrar had a corresponding public duty to act. The court concluded that the Applicant was entitled to an order of mandamus compelling the Land Registrar to remove the caution from the land register.