Lendlease Communities (Figtree Hill) Pty Ltd v Mount Gilead Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1627

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Lendlease Communities (Figtree Hill) Pty Ltd v Mount Gilead Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 1627 Hearing dates: 17 December 2024 Date of orders: 17 December 2024 Decision date: 17 December 2024 Jurisdiction: Equity - Commercial List Before: Stevenson J Decision: Mandatory interlocutory injunction refused; plaintiffs' motion dismissed with costs Catchwords: CONTRACTS – construction – where plaintiffs and defendants have entered irrevocable offers deed concerning land at Campbelltown – where deed provides call and put options – whether plan of subdivision based on plan annexed to deed – whether plaintiffs have lost right to call for remaining lots EQUITY – equitable remedies – injunctions – mandatory – where plaintiffs make application for interlocutory mandatory injunction requiring defendants to lodge plan of subdivision with local council – where final hearing fixed for March 2025 – where plaintiffs seek interlocutory relief to same effect as final injunctive relief – whether serious question to be tried – nature of degree of satisfaction required as to plaintiffs' prospects of success where plaintiffs seek to require defendants to take fresh steps rather to compel them to revert to prior course of conduct Cases Cited: Australian Broadcasting Corporation v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 208 CLR 199; [2011] HCA 63 Businessworld Computers Pty Ltd v Australian Telecommunications Commission (1988) 82 ALR 499; [1988] FCA 206 Films Rover International Pty Ltd v Cannon Film Sales Ltd [1987] 1 WLR 670; [1986] 3 All ER 772 MP Water Pty Ltd v Veolia Water Australia Pty Ltd [2021] NSWSC 582 Papas v Grave [2013] NSWCA 308 Shepherd Homes Ltd v Sandham [1971] Ch D 340 Category: Procedural rulings Parties: Lendlease Communities (Figtree Hill) Pty Limited (First Plaintiff/Applicant) Lendlease Communities (Australia) Limited (Second Plaintiff/Applicant) Mount Gilead Pty Limited (First Defendant/Respondent) Mount Gilead (Access) Pty Ltd (Second Defendant/Respondent) Representation: Counsel: J C Giles SC / E Bathurst / A Carr (Plaintiffs/Applicants) B Coles KC / M Castle / B Haines (Defendants/Respondents)