Daire v Haley (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 161

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Daire v Haley (No 2) [2024] NSWSC 161 Decision date: 27 February 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Peden J Decision: See [143] Catchwords: EQUITY — Trusts and trustees — Resulting trusts — Purchase money trusts — Where property registered in names of estranged daughters — Where purchaser bankrupt — Where purchaser forged daughters' signatures — Whether intention to gift property — Whether registration contrary to policy of Bankruptcy Act or Real Property Act — Whether illegality prevents declaration of resulting trust — Whether unclean hands prevent declaration of resulting trust Legislation Cited: Bankruptcy Act 1996 (Cth) Crimes Act 1914 (Cth) Crimes Act 1900 (NSW) Defence Service Homes Act 1918 (Cth) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd (2007) 232 CLR 1 Black Uhlans Inc v New South Wales Crime Commission [2002] NSWC 1060 Briginshaw v Briginshaw (1938) 60 CLR 336 Bosanac v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (2022) 275 CLR 37 Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242 Commissioner of Taxation v Ramsden [2005] FCAFC 39 Cummins (A Bankrupt) v Cummins (2006) 227 CLR 278 Daire v Haley [2023] NSWSC 77 Fitzgerald v FJ Leonhardt Pty Ltd (1997) 189 CLR 215 Gerard Cassegrain & Co Pty Ltd v Cassegrain (2013) 87 NSWLR 284 Hire Purchase Furnishing Co Ltd v Richens (1887) 20 QBD 387 J W Broomhead (Vic) Pty Ltd (in liq) v J W Broomhead Ltd [1985] VR 891 Kation Pty Ltd v Lamru [2009] NSWCA 145 Koprivnjak v Koprivnjak [2023] NSWCA 2 Meyers v Casey (1913) 17 CLR 90 Munro v Stuart (1924) 41 SR (NSW) 203n Nelson v Nelson (1995) 184 CLR 538 Napoli v Napoli [2023] NSWSC 606 Registrar of Titles (WA) v Franzon (1975) 132 CLR 611 Sze Tu v Lowe (2014) 89 NSWLR 317 Twigg v Twigg [2022] NSWCA 68 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Kimberley Jane Daire (First Plaintiff) Nikki Ann Daire (Second Plaintiff) Thomas Murray Hayley (First Defendant) Registrar-General of NSW (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: B Goodyear (Plaintiffs) T Crispin (First Defendant)