NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Da Yun Xu v Fang Lin [2005] NSWSC 569
HEARING DATE(S) : 12/05/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 17 June 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with costs
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY - undue influence - unconscionable conduct - sale of house at undervalue by longstanding client to prostitute - whether conduct by her such as to attract intervention of equity - CONTRACTS - statutory remedies - unjust contracts - CONVEYANCING - conveyance - deposit not paid - whether obligation to pay deposit merged on completion
LEGISLATION CITED : Contracts Review Act 1980, ss.7(1)(d), 9(2)
Bank of Credit and Commercial International SA v Aboody [1989] 1 QB 923 Bridgewater v Leahy (1998) 194 CLR 457 Brusewitz v Brown [1923] NZLR 1106 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Johnson v Buttress (1936) 56 CLR 113 Legione v Hateley (1983) 152 CLR 406 CASES CITED : Louth v Diprose (1992) 175 CLR 621 Nguyen v Taylor (1992) 27 NSWLR 48 Pascon Pty Ltd v San Marco In Lamis Co-operative Social Club Ltd [1991] 2 VR 227 S H Lock (Aust) Ltd v Kennedy (1988) 12 NSWLR 482 Spong v Spong (1914) 18 CLR 544 Union Bank of Australia Ltd v Whitelaw [1906] VR 711 at 720
Da Yun Xu - Plaintiff PARTIES : Fang Lin - Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1788/04
Mr R.W. Tregenza - Plaintiff COUNSEL : Mr M.A. Lynch - Defendant
Austin Dunhill Barwick - Plaintiff SOLICITORS : HAL Lawyers - Defendant
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