Project Blue Moon Pty Ltd v Fairway Trading Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 127

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Project Blue Moon Pty Ltd v Fairway Trading Pty Ltd [2000] FCA 127 LANDLORD AND TENANT ‑ Derogation from grant ‑ Lease of part of building for use as nightclub ‑ Later lease of another part of building for use as café ‑ Complaints by café customers about nightclub noise ‑ Tenancy Tribunal decision that grant of café lease a derogation from grant of nightclub lease ‑ Appeal to Federal Court on question of law ‑ Whether question of derogation one of fact or law ‑ Whether derogation ‑ Ambit of grant ‑ Commercial and Retail Leases Code of Practice ‑ Unconscionable conduct ‑ Harsh and oppressive ‑ Whether unconscionable conduct requires other party to be under special disability ‑ Whether grant of café lease unconscionable or harsh and oppressive Tenancy Tribunal Act 1994 (ACT) s 58 Commercial and Retail Leases Code of Practice cl 13

BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Hastings Shire Council (1977) 180 CLR 266 applied Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of New South Wales (1982) 149 CLR 337 applied Commercial Bank of Australia v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 applied Myers v Catterson (1889) 43 Ch D 470 at 482, 484 considered O'Keefe v Williams (1910) 11 CLR 171 applied The Moorcock (1889) 14 PD 64 at 68 cited Browne & Flower [1911] 1 Ch 219 cited Gordon v Lidcombe Developments Pty Ltd [1966] 2 NSWR 9 cited Nordern v Blueport Enterprises Ltd [1996] 3 NZLR 450 cited Aussie Traveller Pty Ltd v Marklea Pty Ltd [1998] 1 QdR 1 at 10 cited Harmer v Jumbil (Nigeria) Tin Areas Ltd [1921] 1 Ch 200 cited Aldin v Latimer Clark, Muirhead & Co [1894] 2 Ch 437 cited Kelly v Battershell [1949] 2 All E R 830 distinguished Swift v Westpac Banking Corporation (1995) ATPR 41‑401 cited National Australia Bank Ltd v McKay (1995) ATPR 41‑409 cited Venning v Suburban Taxi Service Pty Ltd (1996) ATPR 41‑468 cited Kyrgios v Burns Philp Trustee (TT 4 of 1995, unreported, 18 April 1997) cited