Softplay v Perpetual [2002] NSWSC 1059

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Softplay v Perpetual [2002] NSWSC 1059 CURRENT JURISDICTION: Equity Division FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5344/02 HEARING DATE(S) : 06/11/02 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 November 2002

Softplay Pty Limited - Plaintiff PARTIES : Perpetual Trustee WA Pty Limited - First Defendant P T Limited - Second Defendant Didus Pty Limited - Third Defendant JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J

COUNSEL : Mr A J L Ogborne - Plaintiff Mr R S Angyal - Defendants SOLICITORS : John P McKeon & Company - Plaintiff Landerer & Co - Defendants CATCHWORDS : LEASES - statutory duty of lessor under Retail Leases Act not to engage in unconscionable conduct - covenant for quiet enjoyment - derogation from grant - implied good faith obligation - proposal by shopping centre lessor to supply to shoppers free of charge services supplied by tenant's business - INJUNCTION - interlocutory injunction - whether serious question to be tried - balance of convenience LEGISLATION CITED : Retail Leases Act 1994 Australian Broadcasting Commission v Lenah Game Meats Pty Ltd (2001) 76 ALJR 1 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Burger King Corporation v Hungry Jack's Pty Ltd [2001] NSWCA 187 Cameron v Qantas (1995) 55 FCR 147; (1996) 66 FCR 296 CASES CITED : Castlemaine Tooheys Ltd v South Australia (1986) 161 CLR 148 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Commonwealth Development Bank v Cassegrain [2002] NSWSC 940 Kazaz & Associates v Multiplex (Mountain Street) Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 840 Spathis v Hanave Investment Co Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 304 DECISION : Interlocutory injunction granted