Mulwala & District Services Club Ltd v The Owners - Strata Plan 37724 [2000] NSWSC 1040

Reported Decision : 50 NSWLR 458 (2001) NSW ConvR 55-962

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Mulwala & District Services Club Ltd v The Owners - Strata Plan 37724 [2000] NSWSC 1040 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3921/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 26/10/2000 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 October 2000

PARTIES : Mulwala & District Services Club Limited (P) The Owners- Strata Plan 37724 (D) JUDGMENT OF : Young J

COUNSEL : E A Collins (P) M D Young (D) SOLICITORS : Hargraves (Yarrawonga)(P) Blessington Judd (D) CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING [128]- Torrens system- Dealing- Status of document recording alteration to by-laws of Strata Title Scheme. CONVEYANCING [184]- Caveats- Who may lodge- Strata owner entitled to interest in common property may lodge caveat. PROCEDURE [743]- Declarations- Alternative statutory tribunals available- Discretion- Whether Court should entertain dispute- Factors involved. Real Property Act 1900, ss 3(1), 74F, 74K, 74P LEGISLATION CITED : Strata Schemes (Leasehold Development) Act 1986, s 23(b) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996, ss 48, 51(1), 157, 158, 159 Barry v Heider (1914) 19 CLR 197 Borthwick v Walsh (1980) 1 BPR 9259 Dowdle v Inverell [1999] ANZ Conv R 429 Macleod v PSP 6544 [1980] 2 NSWLR 691 CASES CITED : Mercantile Credits Ltd v Shell Company of Australia Ltd (1976) 136 CLR 326 North Wind Pty Ltd v PSP 3143 [1981] 2 NSWLR 809 Perpetual Executors & Trustees Association of Aust Ltd v Hosken (Registrar of Titles) (1912) 14 CLR 286 Re R [2000] NSWSC 886 Regis Towers Real Estate Pty Ltd v Fung [2000] NSWSC 438 Ryles v Martin (1971) 1 BPR 9666 DECISION : See paras 33-37