Yin v Li; Li v Jiang [2022] NSWSC 1512

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yin v Li; Li v Jiang [2022] NSWSC 1512 Hearing dates: 10-14 October 2022 Date of orders: 07 November 2022 Decision date: 07 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Williams J Decision: See paragraphs [321]-[327] Catchwords: REAL PROPERTY – dispute arising out of oral agreement for sale and purchase of property – dispute about terms of oral agreement, including price – where vendor disputes the price stated in the transfer that was registered and claims that the purchaser forged his signature on the transfer or, alternatively, procured his signature by unconscionable conduct – where expert evidence of forensic document examiner is inconclusive CONTRACTS – alleged oral loan agreements – no question of principle Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW), s 100 Evidence Act 1995 (NSW), ss 136, 140 Cases Cited: Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority (1982) 149 CLR 337 County Securities Pty Ltd v Challenger Group Holdings Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 193 ET-China.com International Holdings Ltd v Cheung (2021) 388 ALR 128; [2021] NSWCA 24 Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118; [2003] HCA 22 Jeans v Cleary [2006] NSWSC 647 John Holland Pty Ltd v Kellogg Brown & Root Pty Ltd [2015] NSWSC 451 King Investment Solutions Pty Ltd v Hussain [2005] NSWSC 1076 King v Adams [2016] NSWSC 1798 Kuhl v Zurich Financial Services Australia Ltd [2011] HCA 11; (2011) 243 CLR 361 Lucas v Salman [2022] NSWSC 1301 Moubarak by his tutor Coorey v Holt (2019) 100 NSWLR 218; [2019] NSWCA 102 Musa v Alzreaiawi [2021] NSWCA 12 Queensland v Estate of the late Masson (2020) 381 ALR 560; [2020] HCA 28 Re Colorado Products Pty Ltd (in prov liq) (2014) 101 ACSR 233; [2014] NSWSC 789 Sergienko v AXL Financial Limited [2021] NSWSC 297 Sood v Christianos [2008] NSWSC 1087 Thorn (as executrix of the estate of the late Betty McAuley v Boyd [2016] NSWSC 1344 Warner v Hung, in the matter of Bellpac Pty Ltd (recs and mgrs aptd) (in liq) (No.2) (2011) 297 ALR 56; [2011] FCA 1123 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kehui Yin (Plaintiff in proceedings 2018/343031) Tao Li (Defendant in proceedings 2018/343031; Plaintiff and Cross-Defendant in proceedings 2020/92010) Ruochen Jiang (Defendant and Cross-Claimant in proceedings 2020/92010) Representation: Counsel: D. Marks (Kehui Yin) A. Hopkins (Tao Li) M. Castle (Ruochen Jiang)