EDDADOCK PTY LIMITED V DENNING PROPERTIES PTY LIMITED [2002] NSWSC 208

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : EDDADOCK PTY LIMITED V DENNING PROPERTIES PTY LIMITED [2002] NSWSC 208 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division Commercial List FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50015/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 14 & 18 March 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 March 2002

PARTIES : Eddadock Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Denning Properties Pty Limited (Defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Bergin J

COUNSEL : D.J Hammerschlag SC leading J.G Duncan (Plaintiff) M.R Gracie leading J.J Gillespie (Defendant) SOLICITORS : Cowley Hearne (Plaintiff) Emerys Law Firm (Defendant) CATCHWORDS : [LANDLORD AND TENANT] - Refusal to consent to sub-lease - Whether such refusal unreasonable. Ashworth v Gloucester City Council [2001] 1 WLR 2180 Bates v Donaldson [1896] 2 QB 241 Bickel v Duke of Westminster [1977] 1 QB 517 Bromley Park Garden Estate Ltd v Moss [1982] 1 WLR 1019 Colvin v Bowen (1958) 75 WN (NSW) 262 Coopers & Lybrand Ltd v William Schwartz Construction Co Ltd 116 DLR (3d) 450 Houlder Brothers Company Ltd v Gibbs [1925] 1 Ch 191(CA) CASES CITED : In Re Gibbs v Houlder Brothers and Company Limited's Lease [1925] 1 Ch 198 In Re Winfrey and Chatterton's Agreement [1921] 2 Ch 7 International Drilling Fluids Ltd v Louisville Investments (Uxbridge) Ltd [1986] 1 Ch 513 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 Pimms Ltd v Tallow Chandlers Company [1964] 2 QB 547 Secured Income Real Estate Ltd v St Martins Investments Pty Ltd [1979] 144 CLR 596 Sinclair Scott & Co Ltd v Naughton (1929) 43 CLR 310 Viscount Tredegar v Harwood [1929] AC 72 DECISION : Declarations and orders made.