Hawkes Menangle Pty Ltd v Brennan [2023] NSWSC 1095

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Hawkes Menangle Pty Ltd v Brennan [2023] NSWSC 1095 Hearing dates: 8 June 2023 Date of orders: 8 September 2023 Decision date: 08 September 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Richmond J Decision: Defendants' termination of the contract held to be ineffective. Parties to bring in short minutes of order to give effect to these reasons. Catchwords: LAND LAW — conveyancing — contract for sale — validity of notice to complete LAND LAW — conveyancing — contract for sale — agreement to vary Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Conveyancing (Sale of Land) Regulation 2017 (NSW) Electronic Conveyancing National Law (NSW) Land Tax Management Act 1956 (NSW) Electronic Conveyancing (Adoption of National Law) Act 2012 (NSW) Cases Cited: Carrapetta v Rado (2012) 16 BPR 30,997; [2012] NSWCA 202 Commissioner of Taxation v Sara Lee Household & Body Care (Australia) Pty Ltd (2000) 201 CLR 520; [2000] HCA 35 Dowling v Rae (1927) 39 CLR 363; [1927] HCA 5 H Clark (Doncaster) Ltd v Wilkinson [1965] 1 Ch 694 Inness v Waterson A/T for Cobok Family Trust [2006] QCA 155 McCausland v Duncan Lawrie Ltd [1997] 1 WLR 38 McNally v Waitzer [1981] 1 NSWLR 294 Morris v Baron & Co [1918] AC 1 Nowrani Pty Ltd v Brown [1989] 2 Qd R 582 Phillips v Ellinson Bros Pty Ltd (1941) 65 CLR 221; [1941] HCA 35 Pavlovic v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd (2015) 90 NSWLR 605; [2015] NSWCA 313 Proctor v Chahl [2008] NSWSC 1252 Radoman Pty Ltd v Vexapu Pty Ltd (2008) 13 BPR 24,903; [2008] NSWSC 8 Sandpiper Kooragang Pty Ltd v Fortis Products Pty Ltd (2020) 19 BPR 40,689; [2020] NSWSC 1256 Texts Cited: GE Dal Pont, Law of Agency (4th ed, Lexis Nexis, 2020) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Hawkes Menangle Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Stephen Leonard Brennan and Gregory John Holdsworth (Defendants) Representation: Counsel: D Allen (Plaintiff) M J Wells (Defendants)