ORTI-TULLO & ANOR v. SADEK & ANOR [2001] NSWSC 855

[2001] NSWSC 855 Reported Decision : [2001] ACL Rep 245 NSW 35 (2002) NSW ConvR 56-007

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : ORTI-TULLO & ANOR v. SADEK & ANOR [2001] NSWSC 855 CURRENT JURISDICTION: EQUITY FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1730/2001 HEARING DATE(S) : 24/09/2001 JUDGMENT DATE : 28 September 2001

PARTIES : Salvatore Orti-Tullo & Antonia Orti-Tullo - Plaintiffs Daniel Sadek & Liman Sadek - Defendants JUDGMENT OF : Bryson J at 1

COUNSEL : M. Scheib - Plaintiffs G.A. Sirtes - Defendants SOLICITORS : Nicholas Pappas & Co - Plaintiffs Leslie Caplan & Grunstein - Defendants CATCHWORDS : LESSOR and LESSEE - rent review - Valuer's determination - Lessor sought to set aside valuer's determination - rental determination explained by valuer saying "our rental determination dated 1 August 2000 ... did not include GST" - consideration of grounds of review by Court of valuer's determination - on the facts, it had not been shown that the valuer made a mistake - judgment for lessee. - VALUATION OF LAND - valuer's determination on rent review under lease - no mistake shown. LEGISLATION CITED : A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax) Act 1999 A New Tax System (Goods and Services Tax Transition) Act 1999 Arenson v. Arenson [1973] Ch 346 Campbell v. Edwards [1976] 1 WLR 4 Dean v. Prince [1953] Ch 590 Horwitz Grahame Books Pty Ltd v. Mid-City Centre Pty Ltd (1990) NSW ConvR 55 Strang Patrick Stevedoring Pty Ltd v. James Patrick & Co. Pty Ltd (1993) 32 NSWLR 538 CASES CITED : Ricciardello v. Caltex Oil (Aust.) Pty Ltd [1991] ANZ ConvR 445. Legal & General Life of Australia Ltd v. A. Hudson Pty Ltd (1985) 1 NSWLR 314 Holt & Anor v. Cox (1997) 23 ACSR 590 WMC Resources Ltd v. Leighton Contractors Pty Ltd (1999) 20 WAR 489 Commonwealth of Australia v. Wawbe Pty Ltd (1999) ANZ ConvR 597 Kanivah Holdings Pty Ltd v. Holdsworth Properties Pty Ltd & Ors [2001] NSWSC 405 Spencer v. Commonwealth (1907) 5 CLR 418 DECISION : Judgment for lessee: see para [38]