Skiwing Pty Ltd v Trust Company of Australia (trading as Stockland Property Management) [2006] NSWCA 276

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: Skiwing Pty Ltd v Trust Company of Australia (trading as Stockland Property Management) [2006] NSWCA 276

HEARING DATE(S): 23 June 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 9 October 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Spigelman CJ at 1; Hodgson JA at 129; Bryson JA at 139

DECISION: 1 Set aside Order 2 of the Appeal Panel made on 11 March 2005 and substitute the following; "Order 1 of the Tribunal is set aside and Order 2 of the Tribunal is varied by substituting $50,000 for '$53,000'."; 2 The Respondent to pay half of the Appellant's costs of the appeal.

CATCHWORDS: ADMINISTRATIVE LAW – Appeals from Administrative tribunals – Administrative Decisions Tribunal (NSW) – Appeal on questions of law – Meaning of "no evidence". - LANDLORD AND TENANT – Retail and commercial tenancies legislation – s34 Retails Leases Act 1994 (NSW) – meaning of "genuine proposal" – availability of damages for non-compliance. - LANDLORD AND TENANT – Covenants – Actions for breach of covenant - LANDLORD AND TENANT – Leases and tenancy agreements – Construction and interpretation – Implied Obligations. - LANDLORD AND TENANT – Leases and tenancy agreements – Construction and interpretation – s133B(2) Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) – meaning of "improvements".

Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997, s119(1), s120 Conveyancing Act 1919, s133B(1), s133B(2) LEGISLATION CITED: Landlord & Tenant Act 1927 (UK), s19(2) Retail Leases Act 1994, s10, s34A, s35 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth)

Balls Bros Ltd v Sinclair [1931] 2 Ch 325 Blackler v Felpure Pty Ltd [1999] NSWSC 958; (2000) 9 BPR 17,257 Brodan Pty Ltd v Clearview Industrial Estate Pty Ltd (1986) 4 BPR 9173 Citadin Pty Ltd v Eddie Azzi Australia Pty Ltd [2001] NSWADTAP 30 Commonwealth v Oldfield (1976) 133 CLR 612 Eddie Azzi Australia Pty Ltd v Citadin Pty Ltd [2001] NSWADT 79 FW Woolworth & Co Ltd v Lambert [1936] Ch 415 CASES CITED: FW Woolworth & Co Ltd v Lambert [1937] 1 Ch 37 Lambert v FW Woolworth & Co Ltd [1938] 1 Ch 883 Lilley & Skinner v Crump (1929) 73 S.J. 366 Mobil Oil Australia Ltd v Lyndel Nominees Pty Ltd (1998) 153 ALR 198 Shalson v Keepers & Governors of the Free Grammar School of John Lyon (2003) 3 WLR 1 Skiwing Pty Ltd v Trust Co of Australia Ltd (No 3) [2004] NSWADT 94 Trust Company of Australia Ltd (t/as Stockland Property Management) v Skiwing Pty Ltd (t/a Café Tiffany's) [2006] NSWCA 185 Vesco Nominees Pty Ltd v Stefan Hair Fashions Pty Ltd [2001] QSC 169