Regis Towers Real Estate P/L v CSS Holdings P/L & 2Ors (1611/01); Regis Towers Real Estate P/L v Peter Kelly Flooring P/L & 2 Ors (1612/01) [2001] NSWSC 139

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Regis Towers Real Estate P/L v CSS Holdings P/L & 2Ors (1611/01); Regis Towers Real Estate P/L v Peter Kelly Flooring P/L & 2 Ors (1612/01) [2001] NSWSC 139 revised - 9/03/2001 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1611/01; 1612/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 02/03/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 2 March 2001

Regis Towers Real Estate Pty Limited (ACN 098 088 202) (Plaintiff) CSS Holdings Pty Limited (ACN 080 940 496) (First Defendant) Ben Chen trading as Ray White Strathfield (Second Defendant) The Owners Strata Plan No. 56443 (Third Defendant) PARTIES : AND Regis Towers Real Estate Pty Limited (ACN 098 088 202) (Plaintiff) Peter Kelly Flooring Pty Limited (ACN 082 896 722) (First Defendant) Kenneth Real Estate Pty Limited (ACN 002 312 192) trading as Ray White City South (Second Defendant) The Owners Strata Plan No. 56443 (Third Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Santow J

1611/01: M D Broun, QC (Plaintiff) J Conomy (First Defendant) D Warren (Second Defendant) F L Andreone (Sol.) (Third Defendant) COUNSEL : 1612/01: M D Broun, QC (Plaintiff) T Castle (First Defendant) T Murray (Sol.) (Second Defendant) F L Andreone (Sol.) (Third Defendant)

1611/01: Broun Abrahams (Plaintiff) Pigott Stinson Ratner Thom (First Defendant) SOLICITORS : Blessington Judd (Third Defendant) 1612/01: Broun Abrahams (Plaintiff) Murray Stewart & Fogarty (Second Defendant) Blessington Judd (Third Defendant) CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING — Strata Titles Act — By-laws purporting to give exclusivity to caretaker manager — Did they extend to preclude use of selling agents when no reciprocal obligation to provide the service or do so on reasonable terms — Principles of construction — Unreasonable restraint of trade — Constraint on transfer of units. LEGISLATION CITED : Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) s49(1) CASES CITED : Fasold v Roberts (1997) 70 FCR 489 Regis Towers Real Estate Pty Ltd v Kin Fung & Ors [2000] NSWSC 438 unreported 25 May 2000 DECISION : Summons dismissed.