Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd v Charles Harrison Pty Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1090

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd v Charles Harrison Pty Ltd & Ors [2002] NSWSC 1090 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4369/01 HEARING DATE(S) : 7 November 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 November 2002

Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd (Plaintiff) Charles Harrison Pty Ltd (First Defendant) Charles Harrison & Co Pty Ltd (Second Defendant) John Charles Harrison (Third Defendant) PARTIES : Charles Harrison Pty Ltd (First Cross Claimant) Charles Harrison & Co Pty Ltd (Second Cross Claimant) Narui Gold Coast Pty Ltd (Cross Defendant) Narui Gold Coast Pty Limited (Cross Claimant to Second Cross Claim) Barr Project Management Pty Limited (First Cross Defendant to Second Cross Claim) Timothy James Barr (Second Cross Defendant to Second Cross Claim) JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

LOWER COURT Supreme Court (Master) JURISDICTION : LOWER COURT 4369/01 FILE NUMBER(S) : LOWER COURT Acting Master Berecry JUDICIAL OFFICER :

COUNSEL : M Einfeld QC, R Dubler (P) In person (D3) SOLICITORS : Jackson Smith (P) In person (D3) CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - general principles and maxims of equity - a person who comes to equity must have clean hands - need for "an immediate and necessary relation to the equity sued for" - application where equity sued for is to avoid a contract because of mistake - PROCEDURE - Supreme Court procedure - pleading - defence of estoppel - need for pleading to state with particularity facts showing why the estoppel arises - whether appropriate to grant leave to re-plead CASES CITED : Dering v Earl of Winchelsea (1787) Cox 318; 29 ER 1184 Tutt v Doyle (1997) 52 NSWLR 10 DECISION : See paragraph 38