A Lloyd Babb Pty Ltd v Bexgrove Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1167

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: A Lloyd Babb Pty Ltd v Bexgrove Pty Ltd [2023] NSWSC 1167 Hearing dates: 1 September 2023 Date of orders: 1 September 2023 Decision date: 27 September 2023 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Parker J Decision: See [57] Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – interlocutory applications – payment of money into court – lease dispute – tenant alleges abatement of rent – tenant applies for order that it pay rent into court pending the determination of the proceedings – utility – power to make order – rule that interlocutory relief can only be granted in aid of final relief – application refused LEASES AND TENANCIES – rent and outgoings – abatement – tenant put out of possession by landlord – failure to complete landlord's works allegedly breaches terms of lease – tenant does not go into occupation – alleged failure to give "exclusive possession" – construction of lease – whether tenant's entitlement to possession deferred - whether abatement rule applies Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005, r 43.2(3)(c) Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199 BHP Group Ltd v Impiombato (2021) 286 FCR 625 Drama Unit Pty Ltd v Fearndale Holdings Pty Ltd (2019) 101 NSWLR 573 In the matter of Elegant Swan Pty Ltd [2022] NSWSC 1451 JKB Holdings Pty Ltd v De la Vega [2013] NSWSC 501 Rofe Way Pty Ltd v Ronald [2023] NSWSC 1086 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural rulings Parties: A Lloyd Babb Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Bexgrove Pty Limited (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B May (Plaintiff) J Dooley/A Sivanathan (Defendant)