Town & Country Property Management Services Pty Ltd & Anor v Kaltoum & Ors [2002] NSWSC 166

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Town & Country Property Management Services Pty Ltd & Anor v Kaltoum & Ors [2002] NSWSC 166 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3625/99 HEARING DATE(S) : 29/10/01-2/11/01, 7/11/01, 17/12/01-18/12/01 JUDGMENT DATE : 26 March 2002

Town & Country Property Management Services Pty Ltd (1st plaintiff) PFD Asset & Property Management Pty Ltd (2nd plaintiff) PARTIES : Elie Kaltoum (1st defendant) Sandy-Real Estate Pty Ltd T/as Town & Country Real Estate Merrylands (2nd defendant) MKR Holdings Pty Ltd (3rd defendant) Matthew Karl Francis Robinson (4th defendant) JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

S Reuben (plaintiffs) COUNSEL : R Bartley, solicitor (1st and 2nd defendants) D Allen (3rd and 4th defendants) Lincoln Smith & Company (plaintiffs) SOLICITORS : Sid Hawach (1st and 2nd defendants) Philip Parbury & Associates (3rd and 4th defendants) CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS - whether restrictive covenant varied - whether restrictive covenant breached - no questions of principle decided - ESTOPPEL - whether estoppel from enforcing restrictive covenant - no question of principle decided - CONTRACT - remedies for beach - whether an account of profits an available remedy - EQUITY - equitable remedies - availability of account of profits as remedy when breach of contract established. - PROCEDURE - pleading - need to plead basis for remedy of account of profits - TRADE PRACTICES AND RELATED MATTERS - consumer protection - whether representations made, or relied on, or caused loss - no question of principle decided - LANDLORD AND TENANT - termination of the tenancy - whether landlord entitled to terminate tenancy - no question of principle decided - CORPORATIONS - constitution and legal capacity - when execution of document on behalf of corporation binds the corporation - no question of principle decided LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 Restraints of Trade Act 1976 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Walden Properties Ltd v Beaver Properties Pty Ltd [1973] 2 NSWLR 815 Deta Nominees Pty Ltd v Viscount Plastic Produces Pty Ltd [1979] VR 167 Hospital Products Limited v United States Surgical Corporation (1984) 156 CLR 41 CASES CITED : Attorney-General v Blake [2000] UKHL 45; [2001] AC 268 ICT Pty Ltd v Sea Containers Ltd (1995) 39 NSWLR 640 Huntsman Chemical Company Australia Ltd v International Pools Australia Ltd (1995) 36 NSWLR 242 AG Spalding Bros v AW Gamage Ltd [1914-15] All ER Rep 147 Colbeam Palmer Ltd v Stock Affilliates Pty Ltd (1968) 122 CLR 25 DECISION : See paragraph 215