Trentelman v The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 (No 2); The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 v Trentelman (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 377

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Trentelman v The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 (No 2); The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 v Trentelman (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 377 Hearing dates: 30 March; 6 April 2021 Date of orders: 6 April 2021 Decision date: 14 April 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Parker J Decision: See [61]-[62] Catchwords: EQUITY – estoppel – proprietary estoppel – promise to give continued use of swimming pool – to be satisfied by order requiring grant of easement – form of easement – whether order should be accompanied by injunction to secure use of pool pending registration of easement – equity regards as done that which ought to have been done – injunction granted EQUITY – equitable remedies – declaration – plaintiff alleges that notation on registered plan of subdivision is legally ineffective – plaintiff seeks declaration of right – issue not of sufficient immediate significance – declaration refused Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 88BA Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 12 Cases Cited: Delaforce v Simpson-Cook (2010) 78 NSWLR 483 Forster v Jododex Australia Pty Ltd (1972) 127 CLR 421 Re Ellenborough Park [1956] Ch 131 Regency Villas Title Ltd v Diamond Resorts (Europe) Ltd [2018] UKSC 57; 3 WLR 1603 Russian Commercial and Industrial Bank v British Bank for Foreign Trade Ltd [1921] 2 AC 438 Walton v Walton (1994) (Court of Appeal, 14 April 1994, unrep) Category: Procedural rulings Parties: 2018/312426 Natalia Trentelman (Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant) The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 (First Defendant/Cross-Claimant) Registrar-General, New South Wales (Second Defendant)