NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Rowland v Stevenson & Anor [2005] NSWSC 325
HEARING DATE(S) : 29/03/05, 30/03/05, 31/03/04
JUDGMENT DATE : 14 April 2005
JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
DECISION : Order for the delivery of the yacht. Damages referred to a Master.
CATCHWORDS : GIFTS - Gifts Inter Vivos - Whether gift of yacht made - Whether constructive delivery took place - Whether delivery antecedent to words of gift sufficient - Whether requirement of assumption of liability to financier a condition subsequent - Whether transfer of registration under Marine Safety Act 1998 necessary to perfect gift - Whether yacht sufficiently unique to ground an order for its return
Supreme Court Act 1970 LEGISLATION CITED : Shipping Registration Act 1981 (Cth) Marine Safety Act 1998
Irons v Smallpiece (1819) 2 B & Ald 551 (106 ER 467) Cochrane v Moore (1890) 25 QBD 57 Flinn v White (1950) SASR 195 Re Stoneham [1919] 1 Ch 149 Horsley v Phillips Fine Art Auctioneers Pty Ltd, NSWSC, unreported, 5 September 1995 Ker v Ker (1869) IR 4 Eq 15 CASES CITED : Egerton v Earl Brownlow (1853) 4 HLC 1 (10 ER 359) Partridge v Partridge (1894) 1 Ch 351 at 357) Ellis v Chief Adjudication Officer [1998] 1 FLR 184 McKeown v Cavalier Yachts Pty Ltd (1998) 13 NSWLR 303 General and Finance Facilities Ltd v Cooks Cars (Romford) Ltd [1963] 2 All ER 314 Pargiter v Alexander (1995) 5 Tas R 1
Neil Mark Rowland - Plaintiff PARTIES : Stuart Orr Stevenson - Ist Defendant Shirley Lillian Rowland - 2nd Defendant
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