Zorbas v Titan Properties (Aust) [2005] NSWSC 440

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Zorbas v Titan Properties (Aust) [2005] NSWSC 440

HEARING DATE(S) : 5/5/05, 10/5/05 & 11/5/05

JUDGMENT DATE : 5 May 2005

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : Campbell J

DECISION : Further order to be made

CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING - vendor's order for specific performance - procedures for enforcement - whether mandatory to give a defendant who has failed to comply with an order for specific performance further time before enforcement proceedings are initiated - powers of court to extend time for compliance with an order for specific performance - PROCEDURE - "four day orders" - status in NSW procedure - EVIDENCE - burden of proof - of lack of utility of making an order for specific performance

Real Property Act 1900 LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Act 1970

ANS Nominees Pty Ltd v Beverly Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd [1979] 2 NSWLR 875 Buckman v Rose (1980) 1 BPR 9558 Kirkpatrick v Kotis [2004] NSWSC 1265 Liemann v Rightside Properties Ltd (1973) 229 Estates Gazette 1347 McMahon v Cooper (1903) 20 WN (NSW) 220 Morgan v Brisco (1885) 31 Ch D 216 CASES CITED : Morgan v Brisco (1886) 32 Ch D 192 Palmer v Lark [1945] 1 Ch 182 Pasedina (Holdings) Pty Ltd v Khouri (1977) 1 BPR 97046 Singh v Nazeer [1979] Ch 474 Sunbird Plaza Pty Ltd v Maloney (1988) 166 CLR 245 Turner v Oates Properties Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 732 Zorbas v Titan Properties (Aust) [2005] NSWSC 213

Peter Zorbas - Plaintiff Titan Properties (Aust) Pty Ltd - First Defendant PARTIES : Delta Constructions (Aust) Pty Ltd - Second Defendant Titan Projects Pty Ltd - Third Defendant