Yat Kit Jong and Man Chun So – the Trustees of the Property of Ho Wah Au, a Bankrupt v Chow [2022] NSWSC 1595

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Yat Kit Jong and Man Chun So – the Trustees of the Property of Ho Wah Au, a Bankrupt v Chow [2022] NSWSC 1595 Hearing dates: 22 November 2022 Decision date: 22 November 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Peden J Decision: See paragraph [30] Catchwords: LAND LAW — Co-ownership — Statutory trust for sale — Appointment of trustees — Where no dispute in relation to sale — Whether the plaintiff or defendant's trustees should be appointed — Where both sets of trustees had similar experience — Where parties diverge on who should bear the costs of the proceedings — Where plaintiff foreshadowed an amended summons seeking costs of repair and occupation fee Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) ss 66F, 66G, 66I Cases Cited: Arrow Custodians Pty Limited v Pine Forests of Australia Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 341 Arrow Custodians Pty Ltd v Pine Forests of Australia Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 839 Callow v Rupchev [2009] NSWCA 148 Crocombe v Pine Forests of Australia Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 151 Forgeard v Shanahan (1994) 35 NSWLR 206 Kardos v Sarbutt (No 2) [2006] NSWCA 206 Lewin v Lewin [2019] NSWSC 380 Pascoe v Dyason [2011] NSWSC 1217 Re Estate of Henry Herbert Stricker & Karl Heinz Lindner [2011] NSWSC 428 Re Fettel (1952) 52 SR (NSW) 221 Stibbard-Leaver v Leaver [2021] NSWSC 65 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Yat Kit Jong and Man Chun So – the Trustees of the Property of Ho Wah Au, a Bankrupt (Plaintiff) Pui Ling Chow (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: D F Elliott (Plaintiff) S Blackman (Defendant)