Goyal v West [2021] NSWSC 526

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Goyal v West [2021] NSWSC 526 Hearing dates: 6 May 2021 Date of orders: 7 May 2021 Decision date: 07 May 2021 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Ward CJ in Eq Decision: Orders as per [117] Catchwords: LAND LAW — Torrens title — Exceptions to indefeasibility — Overriding statutes — Retirement Villages Act 1999 (NSW), s 182G — Priority of interests STATUTORY INTERPRETATION — Approaches — Mischief rule — Legislative purpose — Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 33 — Extrinsic materials — Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), s 34 Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), s 568D Interpretation Act 1987 (NSW), ss 33, 34 Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), s 42 Retirement Villages Act 1999 (NSW), ss 3, 129, 181, 182, Pt 10A Retirement Villages Act 1999 (Qld), s 119 Retirement Villages Amendment Act 2008 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 7.36 Cases Cited: A2 v R; Magennis v R; Vaziri v R [2018] NSWCCA 174 Alcan (NT) Alumina Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Territory Revenue (2009) 239 CLR 27; [2009] HCA 41 Baini v R (2012) 246 CLR 469; [2012] HCA 59 Calderbank v Calderbank [1975] 3 All ER 333 CIC Insurance Ltd v Bankstown Football Club Ltd (1997) 187 CLR 384; [1997] HCA 2 Coverdale v West Coast Council (2016) 259 CLR 164; [2016] HCA 15 Elliot Tuthill Nominees Pty Ltd v Boele [2010] NSWSC 103 Hazeldene's Chicken Farm Pty Ltd v Victorian WorkCover Authority (No 2) (2005) 13 VR 435; [2005] VSCA 298 In the Matter of Mendarma Pty Ltd (in liq) (No 2) (2007) 61 ACSR 601; [2007] NSWSC 99 Kirman v RWE Robinson & Sons Pty Ltd (in liq), Re RWE Robinson and Sons Pty Ltd (in liq) [2019] FCA 372 Lacey v Attorney-General (Qld) (2011) 242 CLR 573; [2011] HCA 10 Owen v Woolworths Properties Ltd (1956) 96 CLR 154 R v A2; R v Magennis; R v Vaziri (2019) 373 ALR 214; [2019] HCA 35 Rathborne v Abel (1965) ALR 545; 28 ALJR 293 Saeed v Minister for Immigration and Citizenship (2010) 241 CLR 252; [2010] HCA 23 South Eastern Drainage Board (SA) v Savings Bank of South Australia (1939) 62 CLR 603 SZTAL v Minister for Immigration and Border Protection (2017) 262 CLR 362; [2017] HCA 34 Willmott Growers Group Inc v Willmott Forests Ltd (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (In Liq) (2013) 251 CLR 592; [2013] HCA 51 Texts Cited: Brendan Edgeworth, Butt's Land Law (7th ed, 2017, Lawbook Company) Richard McCullagh, Retirement Village Law in NSW (2013, Lawbook Company) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Rahul Goyal (First Plaintiff) Catherine Margaret Conneely (Second Plaintiff) Jean Margaret West (First Defendant) Darrell Maxwell Cameron (Second Defendant) Shirley Mills (Third Defendant) Valerie Whittaker (Fourth Defendant) Stan Partridge (Fifth Defendant) Shirley Partridge (Sixth Defendant) Trustees of the Roman Catholic Church for the Diocese of Maitland Newcastle (Seventh Defendant) Brendan Dixon (Eighth Defendant) Representation: Counsel: H Grace (Plaintiffs) S K Hill (First and Second Defendants) I Hoskinson (Third Defendant) L Chan and S Danne (Fourth and Fifth Defendants) B Douglas-Baker (Sixth Defendant) Seventh Defendant (submitting appearance)