Alamdo Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 487

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Alamdo Holdings Pty Ltd v Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 487 HEARING DATE(S) : 29/03/04, 30/03/04 JUDGMENT DATE : 7 June 2004

JURISDICTION: Equity Division Commercial List JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J DECISION : Short minutes to be brought in

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE - referral out of whole proceedings to referee - interim report by referee covering some liability issues and failing to deal with others - gross delay by referee - one party wishes to have remaining liability issues remitted to referee other seeks determination by court on evidence before referee - need for "just, quick and cheap resolution" - LANDLORD AND TENANT - lessee's repair covenants - lessee's "use" by sub-letting - whether repair of damage occasioned by activities of sub-lessee "rendered necessary by" lessee's "use" - whether paved yard of factory is part of "demised premises" - whether repair of old asphalt paving is "structural" in nature - whether "reasonable wear and tear" - whether covenant to paint or repaint parts of premises "usually so treated" extends to re-application of coating applied to prolong life of roofing material not intended to be painted or coated LEGISLATION CITED : Supreme Court Rules - Part 1 rule 3(1), Part 72 rules 2(1), 11, 13(1)(d) Advance Fitness Corporation Pty Ltd v Bondi Diggers Memorial & Sporting Club Ltd [1999] NSWSC 264 Beacon Life and Fire Assurance Co v Gibb (1862) 1 Moo (NS) 73 Carbure Pty Ltd v Brile Pty Ltd [2002] VSC 272 Cram v Bellambi Coal Co Ltd (1964) 82 WN (NSW) (Pt 1) 18 Durkin v Commonwealth Savings Bank of Australia (unreported, Full Court of the Supreme Court of South Australia, 30 November 1990) Granada Theatres Ltd v Freehold Investment (Leytonstone) Ltd [1959] 1 Ch 592 Hampson v Clyne (1967) 86 WN (NSW) 321 Haskell v Marlow [1928] 2 KB 45 CASES CITED : J F Hillam Pty Ltd v Mooney (1988) 48 SASR 381 Natural Gas & Oil Corporation Pty Ltd v Byrne (1951) 68 WN (NSW) 207 Re Attorney-General for the Australian Capital Territory (1990) 26 FCR 82 Regis Property Co Ltd v Dudley [1959] AC 370 Ryde Municipal Council v Macquarie University (1978) 139 CLR 633 Super Pty Ltd v SJP Formwork (Aust) Pty Ltd (1992) 29 NSWLR 549 Taylor v Webb [1937] 2 KB 283 Turner v York Motors Pty Ltd (1951) 85 CLR 55 Walter Construction Group Ltd v Walker Corporation Ltd (2001) 47 ATR 48 Alamdo Holdings Pty Limited - Plaintiff PARTIES : Australian Window Furnishings (NSW) Pty Limited - First Defendant Hunter Douglas Limited - Second Defendant FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 50135/99 COUNSEL : Mr I M Jackman SC/Mr J Stoljar - Plaintiff Mr A J Meagher SC/Mr J A C Potts - Defendants SOLICITORS : Speed and Stracey - Plaintiff Corrs Chambers Westgarth - Defendants