Stanley Bernard Frank & Anor v Marion Brown [2000] NSWSC 290

Reported Decision : [2000] 10 BPR 18,119

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Stanley Bernard Frank & Anor v Marion Brown [2000] NSWSC 290 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1214/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 23 and 24 March 2000. JUDGMENT DATE : 11 April 2000

Stanley Bernard Frank} PARTIES : Michelle Yvette Frank } (Plaintiffs/First Cross Defendant) Marion Brown (Defendant/Cross Claimant) Jones & Jones Real Estate t/as Di Jones Real Estate (2nd Cross Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J

G Rundle (Plaintiffs) COUNSEL : R Kaye (Defendant) J Gooley (2nd Cross Defendant) Patrick Hargraves & Co (Plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Michelle L Meyer (Defendant) Murray, Stewart & Fogarty (2nd Cross Defendant) CATCHWORDS : Deposit cheque paid at auction replaced with cheque and bond the following day - Ostensible authority of agent to "accept" bond in part payment of deposit - Purported termination of contract for failure to pay deposit - Application for order for specific performance - Cross claim against agent for breach of duty and breach of s 84AB of Property Stock and Business Agents Act 1941 - Ratification of agent's acceptance of bond. LEGISLATION CITED : Property Stock and Business Agents Act 1941. Howe v Smith (1884) 27 ChD 89; Brien v Dwyer (1978) 141 CLR 378; CASES CITED : Hely-Hutchinson v Brayhead Ltd (1968) 1 QB 549 at 583; Metal Manufacturers Ltd v Lewis (1988) 13 ACLR 357 at 362; Thornley v Tilley (1925) 36 CLR 1 at 12; Koenigsblatt v Sweet [1923] 2 Ch 314 at 315. DECISION : Specific performance ordered. Cross claims dismissed.