Commonwealth Bank of Australia v MacDonald [2000] NSWSC 553

Reported Decision : [2000] 10 BPR 18,111

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Commonwealth Bank of Australia v MacDonald [2000] NSWSC 553 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3531/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 02/06/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 June 2000

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (P) PARTIES : Ian Harley Donald MacDonald (D1) Elizabeth Helen MacDonald (D2) JUDGMENT OF : Young J

COUNSEL : R G Forster SC and R S Hollo (P) M J Watts (D2) SOLICITORS : Abbott Tout (P) Searle & Associates (D2) CATCHWORDS : PERSONAL PROPERTY [10]- Tenancy in common- Co-owners must each have possession as of right not merely by agreement- REAL PROPERTY [315]- Partition- Whether company title home unit subject to statutory trust for sale- WORDS & PHRASES- "Tenancy in common". LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act, 1919, ss 66F, 66G Addison v Overend (1796) 6 Term Rep 766; 101 ER 816 Australia & New Zealand Banking Group v Scott (1993) 6 BPR 13,217 Avon Downs Pty Ltd v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1949) 78 CLR 353 Bailey v The Uniting Church in Australia Property Trust (Qld) [1984] 1 Qd R 42 Baker v Barclay's Bank Ltd [1955] 1 WLR 822 Biswanath v Rabija (1930) 33 CWN 46 Blackborough v Graves (1673) 1 Modern 102; 86 ER 765 Bloxam v Hubbard (1804) 5 East 407; 102 ER 1126 Colonial Bank v Whinney (1886) 11 App Cas 426 Commissioner of Probate Duties v Wilson [1979] VR 592 Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Queensland) v Donaldson (1927) 39 CLR 539 Commissioner of Stamp Duties v Yeend (1929) 43 CLR 235 Ex parte Coote (1948) 49 SR (NSW) 179 CASES CITED : Federal Commissioner of Taxation v Patcorp Investments Ltd (1976) 140 CLR 247 Garcia v National Australia Bank Ltd (1998) 194 CLR 395 Green v Briggs (1848) 6 Hare 395; 67 ER 1219 HH Halls Ltd v Lepouris (1964) 65 SR (NSW) 181 Jenkins v Harbour View Courts Ltd [1966] NZLR 1 Jones v Skinner (1835) 5 LJ Ch 87 McCaughey v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1945) 46 SR (NSW) 192 Magill v Santina Pty Ltd [1983] 1 NSWLR 517 Mik v Cargill 485 P (2d) 229 (Oklahoma) (1971) Moisley v Mahony [1950] VLR 318 Penny Nominees Pty Ltd v Fountain (No 3) (1990) 5 BPR 11,284 R v Collector of Customers at Liverpool (1813) M & S 224; 105 ER 366 Tittman v Traill (1957) 74 WN (NSW) 285 2 Day FM Australia Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Stamp Duties (1989) 89 ATC 4,840 Wilson v Commissioner of Probate Duties (Vic) (1978) 8 ATR 799 DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with costs.