Ippin Textiles Pty Ltd v Winau Aust Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 9

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Ippin Textiles Pty Ltd v Winau Aust Pty Ltd [2021] NSWCA 9 Hearing dates: 29 October 2020 Date of orders: 12 February 2021 Decision date: 12 February 2021 Before: Macfarlan JA at [1]; Leeming JA at [48]; Brereton JA at [80] Decision: (1) Grant leave to appeal. (2) Direct the applicants within 14 days to file and serve a Notice of Appeal in the form of the draft Notice of Appeal provided to the Court. (3) Dismiss the appeal with costs. Catchwords: LAND LAW – Torrens title – indefeasibility of title – fraudster procured execution and registration of mortgages purportedly on behalf of mortgagor – whether mortgages properly construed secure anything against the lands LAND LAW – Torrens title – indefeasibility of title – effect of acknowledgment of receipt of payment in registered mortgage – acknowledgment prima facie evidence of receipt but must yield to the facts as proved – no advance actually made to mortgagor due to intervention of fraudster LAND LAW – Torrens title – indefeasibility of title – whether an unregistered document can be incorporated by reference into a registered mortgage – existence of Special Condition in registered mortgage excluding unregistered document where void – unregistered document void due to fraud Legislation Cited: Real Property Act 1886 (SA), s 69 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), ss 36(11), 41, 42, 57 Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW), s 75A Cases Cited: Black v S Freedman & Company (1910) 12 CLR 105; [1910] HCA 58 Breskvar v Wall (1971) 126 CLR 376; [1971] HCA 70 Bursill Enterprises Pty Ltd v Berger Bros Trading Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 73; [1971] HCA 9 Deguisa v Lynn [2020] HCA 39; 94 ALJR 1020 English Scottish and Australian Bank Ltd v Phillips (1937) 57 CLR 302; [1937] HCA 6 Fistar v Riverwood Legion and Community Club Ltd (2016) 91 NSWLR 732; [2016] NSWCA 81 Gibb v Registrar of Titles (Vic) (1940) 63 CLR 503; [1940] HCA 15 Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd v Vella [2011] NSWCA 390; 16 BPR 30,189 Mondelez Australia Pty Ltd v Automotive, Food, Metals, Engineering, Printing and Kindred Industries Union [2020] HCA 29; 94 ALJR 818 Partridge v McIntosh and Sons Ltd (1933) 49 CLR 453; [1933] HCA 38 Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd v Cox [2014] NSWCA 328; 17 BPR 33,313 Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd v English [2010] NSWCA 32; 14 BPR 27,339 Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd v Tsai [2004] NSWSC 745 Petersen v Moloney (1951) 84 CLR 91; [1951] HCA 57 Printy v Provident Capital Ltd [2007] NSWSC 287; 13 BPR 24,603 PT Ltd v Maradona Pty Ltd (1992) 25 NSWLR 643 Registrar-General of New South Wales v Cihan [2012] NSWCA 297; 16 BPR 30,845 Small v Tomassetti [2001] NSWSC 1112; 12 BPR 22,253 Vella v Permanent Mortgages Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 505; 13 BPR 25,343 Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 528; [2007] HCA 45 Westpac Banking Corporation v Clark [2009] 1 NZLR 201; [2008] NZCA 346 Westpac New Zealand Ltd v Clark [2010] 1 NZLR 82; [2009] NZSC 73 Yazgi v Permanent Custodians Ltd [2007] NSWCA 240; 13 BPR 24,567 Texts Cited: Brendan Edgeworth, Butt's Land Law (7th ed, 2017, Lawbook Co) Mark Leeming, "Receipts clauses and 'contractual estoppel' revisited" (2018) 134 Law Quarterly Review 171-176 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ippin Textiles Pty Ltd (First Applicant) Jia He Family Investments Pty Ltd (Second Applicant) M Wang Family Pty Ltd (Third Applicant) Winau Aust Pty Ltd (First Respondent) Shunjiyuan Investments Pty Ltd (Second Respondent) 183 Eastwood Pty Ltd (Third Respondent) Registrar General of New South Wales (Fourth Respondent) Representation: Counsel: M W Young SC (Applicants) F Lim (sol) (First to Third Respondents) H Altan (Fourth Respondent)