NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Henderson v Miles (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 867
HEARING DATE(S) : 28/07/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 August 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Charge of $32,000 granted in favour of plaintiff.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY [33]- "Windfall equity"- Dwelling built by mother on daughter and son-in-law's land- Breakdown in relations- No attributable blame- Mother entitled to minimum equity necessary to remedy unconscionable retention of defendants' windfall- Discussion of principles involved in determining appropriate remedy in "windfall equity" cases- General preference is to remedy the detriment suffered in reliance on promise rather than fulfilling expectation- In this case no relevant detriment- Unconscionable for defendants to retain windfall- Plaintiff entitled to charge for increase in value of defendants' land.
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