Executive Builders & Developers Pty Ltd v Roddam [2003] NSWSC 1071

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Executive Builders & Developers Pty Ltd v Roddam [2003] NSWSC 1071 HEARING DATE(S) : 05/11/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 21 November 2003 JURISDICTION: Equity Division JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq DECISION : Interlocutory order granted.

CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT [135]- Rescission- Sale of land and deed of compromise- Special conditions- Purchase money fully paid- Effect of purported rescission if valid- Whether obligation on person rescinding to refund purchase money. CONVEYANCING [2]- Sale of land subject to registration of plan- Plan not registered- Plaintiff purported to rescind the contracts- Obligation on parties to do whatever reasonably necessary- Onus discussed- Held arguable case that rescission ineffective. EQUITY [338]- Interlocutory order- Balance of convenience- Construction of contracts permissible during an interlocutory application but not usually where construction may be affected by the factual matrix of the case- How far convenience of third parties material. Fileman v Liddle (1974) 2 BPR 9192 Hawes v Cuzeno Pty Ltd (1999) 10 BPR 18,011 Masterton Homes Pty Ltd v Executive Builders & Developers Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 908 McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457 CASES CITED : New Zealand Shipping Co Ltd v Societe des Ateliers et Chantiers de France [1919] AC 1 Patrick Stevedores Operations No 2 Pty Ltd v Maritime Union of Australia (1998) 195 CLR 1 Shercliff v Engadine Acceptance Corporation Pty Ltd [1978] 1 NSWLR 729 Walker v Chanrich Properties Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1064 Westminster Estates Pty Ltd v Calleja (1970) 91 WN (NSW) 222 Executive Builders & Developers Pty Limited (P) PARTIES : Peter James Roddam (D1) Glenda Joyce Roddam (D2) FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 4192/03 COUNSEL : A D Justice (P) M K Meek (D) SOLICITORS : Clark McNamara Lawyers (P) Russell McLelland Brown (D)