NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Detmold v Oldtex Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1197
HEARING DATE(S) : 16/11/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 17 November 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Contract rescinded by plaintiffs on 5 April 2004; Plaintiffs entitled to damages from first and second defendants; First and second defendants to pay third defendant $40,500 plus interest.
CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING [11]- Deposit- Deposit by insurance bond- When bond terminates. CONVEYANCING [65]- Time- Notice to complete- Original solicitors for each party replaced by new firms- Who may give or receive notices. TRADE & COMMERCE [92]- Misrepresentation- "Off-the-plan" contract for sale of apartment- Vendors represented to purchasers that apartment would be built to certain layout- Apartment built to different layout- Whether exculpatory clause in contract barred rescission under Trade Practices Act- Whether representation induced purchasers to enter contract.
Conveyancing Act 1919, s 55(2A) LEGISLATION CITED : Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) ss 51A, 52, 87
Butcher v Lachlan Elder Realty Pty Ltd (2004) 79 ALJR 308 IOOF Australia Trustees (NSW) Ltd v Tantipech (1998) 156 ALR 470 Jarvis v Swans Tours Ltd [1973] QB 233 CASES CITED : Kramer v McMahon [1970] 1 NSWR 194 Re Ronim Pty Ltd [1999] 2 Qd R 172 Redgrave v Hurd (1881) 20 Ch D 1 Waltip Pty Ltd v Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd (1989) 11 ATPR 40-975
Johanna Jane Detmold (P1) Gerard Anthony Verus (P2) PARTIES : Oldtex Pty Limited (D1) Baron Corporation Pty Limited (D2) Employers Reinsurance Corporation Limited (D3)
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