NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Glasshouse Investments Pty Ltd v MPJ Holdings Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 456
HEARING DATE(S) : 14, 15, 16 and 17 February 2005
JUDGMENT DATE : 13 May 2005
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Proceedings are dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : LANDLORD & TENANT [22]- Commercial lease- Construction- Sensible commercial operation- Whether landlord's repairs to roof "reasonably necessary" for safety and preservation of building- Whether repairs still "reasonably necessary" if alternatives available- Principle that specific provisions in lease override general or implied provisions. LANDLORD & TENANT [31]- Commercial lease- Breach of covenant for quiet enjoyment- Substantial interference with quiet enjoyment is a question of fact- Whether "demised premises" included use of arcade adjacent to restaurant- Whether quiet enjoyment extended to arcade. LANDLORD & TENANT [31]- Commercial lease- Difference between covenant for quiet enjoyment and obligation not to derogate from grant- Outcome the same whichever is applied. WORDS & PHRASES- "Reasonably necessary".
LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919, s 88K
Arndale (Kilkenny) Pty Ltd v Gaetjens (1970) 44 ALJR 434 Birmingham Dudley & District Banking Company v Ross (1888) 38 Ch D 295 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 Cooper v Woolley (1867) LR 2 Ex 88 Errington v Metropolitan District Railway (1882) 19 Ch D 559 Grattan v Simpson (1998) 9 BPR 16,649 Greetings Oxford Koala Hotel Pty Ltd v Oxford Square Investments Pty Ltd (1989) 18 NSWLR 33 Hydraulic Engineering Co Ltd v McHaffie, Goslett & Co (1878) 4 QBD 670 JC Berndt Pty Ltd v Walsh [1969] SASR 34 Kohua Pty Ltd v Tai Ping Trading Pty Ltd (1985) 3 BPR 9705 Lurcott v Wakely [1911] 1 KB 905 Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Co v Anderson [1898] 2 Ch 394 CASES CITED : Martins Camera Corner Pty Ltd v Hotel Mayfair Ltd [1976] 2 NSWLR 15 Miller v Emcer Products Ltd [1956] Ch 304 Owen v Gadd [1956] 2 QB 99 Penn v Gatenex Co Ltd [1958] 2 QB 210 Peppers Hotel Management Pty Ltd v Hotel Capital Partners Ltd [2004] NSWCA 114 Re Peat Resources of Australia Pty Ltd; Ex parte Pollock (2004) 181 FLR 454 Southwark LBC v Tanner [2001] 1 AC 1 Spathis v Hanave Investment Co Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 304 Stanford v Roberts [1901] 1 Ch 440 The Fina Samco [1995] 2 Lloyd's Rep 344 Todburn Pty Ltd v Taormina International Pty Ltd (1990) 5 BPR 11,173 Woodland v Manly Municipal Council (2003) 11 BPR 20,903
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