Coset No 15 Pty Ltd v Blagojevic [2003] NSWSC 418

Reported Decision : (2004) NSW ConvR 56-093

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Coset No 15 Pty Ltd v Blagojevic [2003] NSWSC 418 HEARING DATE(S) : 16/05/03 JUDGMENT DATE : 22 May 2003

JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J DECISION : Contract rectified by deletion of car parking space. Order for specific performance of contract as rectified.

CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - Equitable Doctrines and Presumptions - Rectification for common mistake - Car parking space included in contract for sale of a residential unit in error - Whether specific performance available in same proceedings - Whether relief available to plaintiff who drew the contract - Whether failure to read contract should deny relief LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Australia Hotel Co Ltd v Moore (1899) 20 LR(NSW) Eq 155 Joscelyne v Nissen [1970] 2 QB 86 Craddock Brothers v Hunt [1923] 2 Ch 136 United States of America v Motor Trucks Ltd [1924] AC 196 CASES CITED : Dundee Farm Ltd v Bambury Holdings Ltd [1978] I NZLR 647 Ex parte Wright (1812) 19 Ves Jun 255 (34 ER 513) Collett v Morrison (1851) 9 Hare 162 (68 ER 458) Ball v Storie (1823) 1 Sim & St 210 (57 ER 84) Spry, Equitable Remedies, 6th ed, LBC Information Services, Australia, 2001 at 616 Meagher, Gummow and Lehane, Equity Doctrines and Remedies, 4th ed, Butterworths Lexis Nexis, Australia, 2002 PARTIES : Coset No 15 Pty Ltd - Plaintiff Kristina Blagojevic - Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5825/02 COUNSEL : A Blank - Plaintiff M B Duncan - Defendant SOLICITORS : Cass Lawyers Lighthouse Law Group