Morabito v Kingston Industries Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1020

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Morabito v Kingston Industries Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1020 Hearing dates: 31 July 2023, 1-2 August 2023 Decision date: 31 August 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Peden J Decision: (1) Dismiss the plaintiff's statement of claim. (2) Order the plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs as agreed or assessed. Catchwords: LEASES AND TENANCIES — Use of premises — Permitted use — Whether Tenant breached permitted use — Whether breach of make good obligation — Whether damage to concrete flooring was caused by defective construction of concrete or fair wear and tear Cases Cited: Alliance Engineering Pty Ltd v Yarraburn Nominees Pty Ltd [2011] NSWCA 301 Bellgrove v Eldridge (1954) 90 CLR 613 Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd (2017) 261 CLR 544; [2017] HCA 12 Ex parte Bungey [1979] Qd R 23 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Mount Bruce Mining Pty Ltd v Wright Prospecting Pty Ltd (2015) 256 CLR 104; [2015] HCA 37 Phoenix Commercial Enterprises Pty Ltd v City of Canada Bay Council [2010] NSWCA 64 Tabcorp Holdings Ltd v Bowen Investments Pty Ltd (2009) 236 CLR 272 Tyco Australia Pty Ltd v Optus Networks Pty Ltd [2004] NSWCA 333 Tzaneros Investments Pty Limited v Walker Group Constructions Pty Limited [2016] NSWSC 50 Vale v Rosychamp [2008] NSWSC 1373 Walker Group Constructions Pty Limited v Tzaneros Investments Pty Limited [2017] NSWCA 27 Westfield Management Ltd v Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd (2007) 233 CLR 528 Texts Cited: WD Duncan and Sharon Christensen, Commercial Leases in Australia, 9th ed, 2020 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Diana Nella Morabito (Plaintiff) Kingston Industries Pty Ltd (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: G Stapleton (Plaintiff) M Sheldon (Defendant)