Makaritis v Makaritis (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1690

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Makaritis v Makaritis (No 2) [2022] NSWSC 1690 Hearing dates: 17, 18, 19, 20, 26 October 2022 Date of orders: 9 December 2022 Decision date: 09 December 2022 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Parker J Decision: See [190]-[193] Catchwords: EQUITY – plaintiff transfers house to company controlled by first defendant for refinancing – property to be rented out to service mortgage – granny flat to be built on the property for the plaintiff to live in rent-free – plaintiff contributes money toward the property – plaintiff makes proprietary claim over the property – property subject to a joint endeavour constructive trust – claims for proprietary estoppel and unconscionable conduct not established Legislation Cited: Australian Consumer Law Residential Tenancies Act 2010, s 85 Cases Cited: Alati v Kruger (1955) 94 CLR 216 Austin v Hornby [2011] NSWSC 1059 Australian Building & Technical Solutions Pty Ltd v Boumelhem [2009] NSWSC 460 Baumgartner v Baumgartner (1987) 164 CLR 137 Henderson v Miles (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 867 Knox v Knox (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Young J, 16 December 1994) Makaritis v Makaritis [2022] NSWSC 468 Muschinski v Dodds (1985) 160 CLR 583 Saitannis v Katsolos [2022] NSWSC 1468 Woods v McKinlay (No 2) [2021] NSWSC 1510 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Bill Makaritis (Plaintiff) Luke William Makaritis (First Defendant) Hellenic Property Holdings Pty Limited (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Zipser (Plaintiff) M Condon SC (Defendants)