GUNNERSENS P/L v. HARDING & ANOR [2000] NSWSC 385

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : GUNNERSENS P/L v. HARDING & ANOR [2000] NSWSC 385 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1235/00 HEARING DATE(S) : 8 & 9/5/00 JUDGMENT DATE : 12 May 2000

Gunnersens Pty Ltd - Plaintiff PARTIES : Paul Harding - First Defendant Patricia Dengate - Second Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1

COUNSEL : G. Burton for Plaintiff J. Needham for Second Defendant Ledlin Partners for Plaintiff SOLICITORS : Messrs White & Downey for First Defendant Legal Aid Commission for Second Defendant CATCHWORDS : REAL PROPERTY - Torrens system - equitable interest - whether oral express trust existed - whether equitable charge over property under commercial credit guarantee - decision on facts and construction of documents - plaintiff's alleged charged was not made out - second defendant's informally created trust was enforceable on estoppel principles - GUARANTEES - commercial credit guarantee - incomplete form - whether guarantee binding - whether signature of debtor and guarantor required for formation of contract of guarantee - decision on effect of document. Bankruptcy Act 1966 (Cth) Pt X LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 ss 23C, 66GT Real Property Act 1900 s 57(2)(b) Bleyer v Neville Jeffress Advertising Pty Ltd (unreported, CA (NSW) 15 December 1987) CASES CITED : Bridge Wholesale Acceptance Corp (Australia) Ltd v Burnard (1992) 27 NSWLR 415 Pan Food Co Importers & Distributors Pty Ltd v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd [2000] HCA 20 Prosilis v Double Bay Newspapers Pty Ltd [2000] NSWCA 30 DECISION : See para 25