Windella (NSW) P/L v Ronald James Hughes & 2 Ors [1999] NSWSC 1129

Reported Decision : 50 NSWLR 158 (1999) NSW ConvR 55-926

New South Wales Supreme Court CITATION : Windella (NSW) P/L v Ronald James Hughes & 2 Ors [1999] NSWSC 1129 revised - 26/06/2000 CURRENT JURISDICTION : Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : 4159/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 18/11/1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 18 November 1999

Windella (NSW) Pty Limited ACN 059 038 345 (Plaintiff/First Respondent) Ronald James Hughes (First Defendant/Applicant) PARTIES : Roberta Hughes (Second Defendant/Applicant) Joanne Michelle Hughes (Third Defendant/Applicant) Two Nominees Pty Limited ACN 003 540 412 (Second Respondent) JUDGMENT OF : Santow J

COUNSEL : D R Stack (Plaintiff) M B Duncan (Defendants SOLICITORS : Hunt & Hunt (Plaintiff) Ross Fiddes by their Agent Gwynne Thompson (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY — Caveats — Adequacy of description of unregistered second mortgage as "an equitable mortgage of the fee simple in the said land" — if deficient, whether cured by mandatory effect of s74L of the Real Property Act 1900 (NSW). ACTS CITED : Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) s74F(5)(b)(v), s74K, s74L, s74J Real Property Regulation 1993 (NSW) Schedule 2 Beca Developments Pty Ltd v Idameneo (No 92) Pty Ltd (1990) 21 NSWLR 459 CASES CITED : Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Qld) v Livingston [1965] AC 694 Frazer v Walker [1967] 1 AC 569 In the Marriage of Stevens (1991) 15 Fam LR 51 DECISION : Caveats valid

REVISED — 2 December, 1999 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES IN EQUITY