GAMVROGIANNIS v BLACKSHAW [2000] NSWSC 314

Reported Decision : [2000] NSW ConvR 55-940

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : GAMVROGIANNIS v BLACKSHAW [2000] NSWSC 314 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4768/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 15th & 16 March 2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 14 April 2000

PARTIES : JAMES GAMVROGIANNIS & ANOR v WILLIAM DUNLEAF BLACKSHAW & ANOR JUDGMENT OF : Master Macready at 1

COUNSEL : Mr L. Young (P) Mr M. Ashhurst (D) SOLICITORS : Dibbs Crowther & Osborne (P) Blackshaw Lindsay (D) CATCHWORDS : Contract - agreement to grant a lease. Whether a concluded agreement reached before signature and exchange of formal lease document. - Agency - whether one defendant had authority to reach a concluded agreement rather than merely authority to negotiate. - Held no authority to reach concluded agreement. Lezabar Pty Ltd v Hogan (1989) 4 BPR 9498; Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353; Allen v Carbone (1974) 132 CLR 528 at 523; Aust Broadcasting Corp v XIV Comm. Games (1989) 18 NSWLR 540 at 548; Pagnan SpA v Feed Products Ltd (1987) 2 Lloyd's Rep 601 at 619; IRC v Raphael (1935) AC 96 at 142; Masters v Cameron (1954) 92 CLR 353 at 362; Gissing v Gissing (1971) AC 886 at 906; Ashington Piggeries Ltd v Christopher Hill Ltd (1972) AC 441 at 502; Blackburn Developments No 19 P/L v Downsearch (1974) 2 BPR 9141; Arjay Invest v Morrison's Outdoor Catering P/L Young J 1 May 1994; CASES CITED : Landsmiths P/L v Hall Young J 15 July 1999; Corpoers v NZI Securities Young J 29 March 1989; Stramarcos v Woodhill Young J 31 October 1985; Sinclair Scott v Naughton (1929) 43 CLR 310, 316-317; Barrier Wharfs v W Scott Fell & Co (1907) 5 CLR 647 669; Howard Smith & Co Ltd v Varawa (1907) 5 CLR 68; Hussey v Horne-Payne (1879) 4 App Cas 311; Seppelt & Sons v Comm for Main Roads 1 BPR 97011; Kassabian v Lagonicos (1993) NSW Conv-R55 690; Summit Properties v Comserv (1981) NSW Conv R 55-027 at 56200; Stewart Upton v Pindar Pty Ltd Cohen J 28 April 1988; Eccles v Bryant (1948) Ch 93. DECISION : Para 33