NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Rona v Shimden Pty Ltd & 1 Or [2005] NSWSC 818
HEARING DATE(S) : 04/07/05, 05/07/05; written submissions 29/07/05
JUDGMENT DATE : 29 August 2005
JUDGMENT OF : White J
DECISION : See paragraph 98 of judgment.
CATCHWORDS : CONVEYANCING - Contract for sale of land - Purchaser seeks return of deposit - Where purchaser purported to rescind for vendor's failure to provide release of restrictive covenant - Where vendor purported to terminate for purchaser's failure to complete - Construction of term granting right to rescind - Vendor's notices to complete invalid - Whether vendor able to complete - Who could release covenant - Both parties had purported to rescind and both had repudiated contract - Vendor also purported to accept purchaser's repudiation - Held neither party had terminated the contract - Contract had been abandoned - Purchaser entitled to deposit.
LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 (NSW)
McNally v Waitzer [1981] 1 NSWLR 294 Neeta (Epping) Pty Ltd v Phillips (1974) 131 CLR 286 Louinder v Leis (1982) 149 CLR 509 Cripps v Irwin (1931) 31 SR (NSW) 383 Barnes v Weekes (1987) NSW ConvR 55-338 Aberfoyle Plantations Ltd v Cheng [1960] AC 115 Gilbert v Healey Investment Pty Ltd [1975] 1 NSWLR 650 Brien v Dwyer (1978) 141 CLR 378 Fitzgerald v Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420 Mayner v Payne [1914] 2 Ch 555 Bell v Norman C. Ashton Ltd (1956) 7 P & CR 359 Mr P R Watts, "Variation of Restrictive Covenants, Real Property Act 1900 (NSW), (1947) 21 ALJ 225" Foran v Wight (1989) 168 CLR 385 Abela v Lawnside Holdings Pty Ltd (1988) 4 BPR 9443 CASES CITED : Fekala Pty Ltd v Castle Constructions Pty Ltd (2002) 11 BPR 20,395; [2003] NSW ConvR 56-042 DTR Nominees Pty Ltd v Mona Homes Pty Ltd (1977) 138 CLR 423 Sindel v Georgiou (1984) 154 CLR 661 British & Commonwealth Holdings plc v Quadrex Holdings Inc [1989] QB 842 Lohar Corporation Pty Ltd v Dibu Pty Ltd (1976) 1 BPR 9177 Summers v The Commonwealth (1918) 25 CLR 144 Dimond v Moore (1931) 45 CLR 159 Satellite Estate Pty Ltd v Jacquet (1968) 71 SR (NSW) 126 Laurinda Pty Ltd v Capalaba Park Shopping Centre Pty Ltd (1989) 166 CLR 623 Shevill v Builders Licensing Board (1982) 149 CLR 620 Sweet & Maxwell Ltd v Universal News Services Ltd [1964] 2 QB 699 Frost v Knight (1872) LR7Exch 111 Thors v Weekes (1989) 92 ALR 131 Kyrwood & Ors v Drinkwater & Ors [2000] NSWCA 126
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