NSW Caselaw
Reported Decision: (2007) DFC 95-411
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: Shortall v White [2007] NSWCA 372
HEARING DATE(S): 28 November 2007
JUDGMENT DATE: 19 December 2007
JUDGMENT OF: Hodgson JA at 1; Santow JA at 2; Handley AJA at 3
DECISION: Appeal dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: DEFACTO RELATIONSHIPS - agreement between former defacto partners - principle in Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 and Cohen v Cohen [1929] HCA 15 - (1929) 42 CLR 91 no longer applicable - TRUST - intention to create - bilateral transaction for consideration - test objective
Balfour v Balfour [1919] 2 KB 571 Cohen v Cohen [1929] HCA 15; (1929) 42 CLR 91 Commissioner of Stamp Duties (Qd) v Jolliffe [1920] HCA 45; (1920) 28 CLR 178 Kauter v Hilton [1953] HCA 95; (1953) 90 CLR 86, 100 CASES CITED: Konskier v B Goodman Ltd [1928] 1 KB 421 Re Australian Elizabethan Theatre Trust (1991) 30 FCR 491 Saunders v Vautier [1841] 4 Beav 115 [49 ER 282] T Choithram International S A v Pagarini [2001] 1 WLR 1 PC Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd [1988] HCA 44; (1988) 165 CLR 107 Walker v Corboy (1990) 19 NSWLR 382
PARTIES: Alan Shortall Louise White
FILE NUMBER(S): CA 40836/06
COUNSEL: G Curtin (Appellant) N Perram SC with P Castley (Respondent)
SOLICITORS: Middletons (Appellant) Stephen Bottrill Solicitors & Attorneys (Respondent)
LOWER COURT JURISDICTION: Supreme Court - Equity Division
LOWER COURT FILE NUMBER(S): SC 2719/06
LOWER COURT JUDICIAL OFFICER: Campbell J
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