LORI ANN NELSON v LYNETTE MARIE BELLAMY [2000] NSWSC 182

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : LORI ANN NELSON v LYNETTE MARIE BELLAMY [2000] NSWSC 182 CURRENT JURISDICTION: EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1844/1997 HEARING DATE(S) : 3,4,5 MARCH and 31 MAY 1999 JUDGMENT DATE : 3 March 2000

PARTIES : LORI ANN NELSON (Plaintiff) LYNETTE MARIE BELLAMY (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Simos J

P.Le Gay Brereton (Plaintif) COUNSEL : M.A.Twigg, Solicitor (Plaintiff) G.E.Underwood (Defendant SOLICITORS : Adrian Twigg & Co. (Plaintiff) Matthews (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Vendor and purchaser - Sale of land - Vacant possession - Vendor able to give vacant possession notwthstanding certain items remaining on land at completion date - Contract - Condition or warranty - Breaches of contract alleged were breaches of warranty only - Purchaser not entitled to terminate - Contract - Wrongful termination by purchaser - Vendor entitled to terminate and to claim damages - Conveyancing Act 1919 - Section 55(2A) - Purchaser entitled to return of deposit - Fair Trading Act 1987 - Alleged representations either true or made with reasonable ground or not established - Defendant's cross-claim dismissed. LEGISLATION CITED : Fair Trading Act 1987 Conveyancing Act 1919 Argy v Blunts & Lane Cove Real Estate Pty. Limited (1990) 26 FCR 112 Cumberland Consolidated Holdings Limited v Ireland (1946) KB 264 C.Czarnikow Ltd. v Koufos (1969) 1 AC 350 Davies v Hastwel-Batten (1985) NSW ConvR 55-261 DTR Nominees Pty. Limited v Mona Homes Pty. Limited (1978) 138 CLR 423 Eighth SRJ Pty. Limited v Merity (Young J, 25 March 1997, unreported) Franich v Swannel (1993) 10 WAR 459 Hadley v Baxendale (1854) 9 ExCh 341; 156 ER 145 Hongkong Fir Shipping Co. Limited v Kaasaki Kisen Kiasha Limited (1962) 2 QB 26 CASES CITED : Jampco Pty. Limited v Cameron (No. 2)(1985) 3 NSWLR 391 Johnson v Agnew (1980) AC 367 Liverpool Holdings Limited v Gordon Lynton Car Sales Pty. Limited (1978) QdR 279 Lucas & Tait (Investments) Pty. Limited v Victoria Securities Limited (1973) 2 NSWLR 268 Mallick v Parish (1916) 16 SR(NSW) 305 Murdaca v Fisher (1981) 2 BPR 9287 Noble v Edwards (1877) 5 ChD 378 O'Brien v Smolonogov (1983) 53 ALR 107 Point Glebe Pty. Limited v Lidofind Pty. Limited (1988) NSW ConvR 55-412 Tramways Advertising Pty. Limited v Luna Park (NSW) Ltd. (1938) 38 SR(NSW) 632 DECISION : Plaintiff (Vendor) entitled to terminate contract and damages; cross-claim under Fair Trading Act 1987 dismissed.