Vickery v JJP Custodians [2002] NSWSC 782

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Vickery v JJP Custodians [2002] NSWSC 782 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2966/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 6 & 7 August 2002 JUDGMENT DATE : 30 August 2002

Graham John Vickery (P) PARTIES : JJP Custodians Pty Ltd (D1) Done Nantsou (D2) Christos Nantsou (D3) JUDGMENT OF : Austin J

COUNSEL : Mr R D Marshall (P) Mr A A Henskens (D3) SOLICITORS : McDonald Johnson (P) Berryman Partners (D3) CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING - power of attorney - whether authority can be terminated orally - "notice" under s 162 of the Conveyancing Act AGENCY - ostensible authority - when person dealing with attorney under power is put on inquiry RESTITUTION - money had and received and money paid - whether cause of action in unjust enrichment - where A pays C who applies payment to repay supposed debt owed by B to C - whether A has restitutionary claim against B LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) ss 162, 163, 163A Alan Estates Ltd v WG Stores Ltd [1982] Ch 511 City Bank of Sydney v McLaughlin (1989) 9 CLR 615 Crantrave Ltd v Lloyds Bank plc [2000] 4 All ER 473 Detroit Finance Corporation Ltd V Camillo (1974) 4 ACLR 509 Exall v Partridge (1799) 8 TR 308 Frith v Frith [1906] AC 254 Graeme Webb Investments Pty Ltd v St George Partnership Banking Ltd [2001] NSWCA 93 Guardian Ocean Cargoes Ltd v Banco do Brazil [1991] 2 Lloyd's R 68 Hambro v Burnand [1904] 2 KB 10 Hirachand Punamchand v Temple [1911] 2 KB 330 Hooker Industrial Developments Pty Ltd v Trustees of the Christian Bros [1997] 2 NSWLR 109 Hutchinson v Sydney (1854) 10 Ex 438 [156 ER 508] James Hardie & Co Pty Ltd v Seltsam Pty Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 53 Lucas v Wilkinson (1856) 1 H & N 420 [156 ER 1265] Mailman v Challenge Bank Ltd (1991) 5 BPR 97400 Majesty Restaurant Pty Ltd (in liq) v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Hunter J, 25 November 1998, BC9807765) Monarch Petroleum NL v Citco Australia Petroleum Ltd [1986] WAR 310 Moses v Macferlan (1760) 2 Burr 1005 [97 ER 676] CASES CITED : Mutual Provident Land Investing and Building Society Limited v Macmillan (1889) 14 App Cas 596 Myers v Hurley Motor Company 273 US 18 (1927) Pavey & Matthews Pty Ltd v Paul (1987) 162 CLR 221 Perry v Holl (1860) 2 De GF & J 38 [45 ER 536] Porter v Latec Finance (Qld) Pty Ltd (1964) 111 CLR 177 Portman Building Society v Hamlyn Taylor Neck [1998] 4 All ER 202 Pownal v Ferrand (1827) 6 B & C 439 [108 ER 513] R D Mackinnon Holdings Pty Ltd v Hind [1984] 2 NSWLR 121 R v Julius Sefton Holt (1983) 12 A Crim R 1 R v Wait (1823) 11 Price 518 Re Cleadon Trust Ltd [1939] 1 Ch 287 Re Rowe [1984] 2 KB 483 Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia Ltd (2001) 185 ALR 335 Saunders v Leonardi (1976) 1BPR 9409 Sinclair v Brougham [1914] AC 398 Smith v Cox [1940] 2 KB 558 Stefanelli v Emanuelle (Full Court of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, 28 September 1995, BC9504176 The Margaret Mitchell (1858) Sw 382 Turner v Webb (1941) 42 SR (NSW) 68 VACC Insurance Ltd v BP Australia Ltd (1999) 47 NSWLR 716 DECISION : Proceedings dismissed