Murphy v Worland & Anor [2001] NSWSC 839

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Murphy v Worland & Anor [2001] NSWSC 839 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Common Law FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 13183/2000 HEARING DATE(S) : 18 September 2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 September 2001

L M Murphy Pty Limited (Plaintiff)

PARTIES : Donald Allan Worland (First Defendant)

Colleen Margaret Underhill (Second Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Master Harrison

Mr Gibb SC Plaintiff COUNSEL : Mr Darke (Defendants) Emery Partners (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Slade Wanwaring (Defendants) CATCHWORDS : Summary judgment - exercise of an option LEGISLATION CITED : Real Properrty Act 1900 (NSW) Supreme Court Rules Air Services Australia v Zarb (NSWSC unreported, 26 August 1998) Rolfe AJA Dey v Victoria Railway Commissioners (1948-49) 78 CLR 62 General Steel Industries Inc v Commissioner for Railways (1964) 112 CLR 125 Webster & Anor v Lampard (1993) 177 CLR 598 Ballas v Theophilos [No 2] (1957) 98 CLR 193 Oliver v Oliver (1958) 99 CLR 20 Lamont v Heron (1970) 126 CLR 239 CASES CITED : Quadling v Robinson (1976) 137 CLR 192 Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Health Minders Pty Ltd (1987) 9 NSWLR 673 Suiga Pty Ltd v Onisforou (1999) 47 NSWLR 473 Burwood Project Management Pty Ltd v Polar Technologies International Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 1203 Hardy v Young [2001] NSWSC 225 Young v Lamb [2001] NSWCA 225 Johnson v Bones [1970] 1 NSW 28 Ballas & Theophilos [No 2] (1957) 98 CLR 193 Prudential Assurance Co Ltd v Health Minders Pty Ltd (1987) 9 NSWLR 673 DECISION : (1) The plaintiff's notice of motion filed 27 April 2001 is dismissed; (2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendants' costs as agreed or assessed.