NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Owners Corporation Strata Plan 62285 & Ors v Betona Corporation (NSW) Pty Ltd & Ors [2006] NSWSC 216
HEARING DATE(S) : 20/02/06
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 April 2006
JUDGMENT OF : Gzell J
DECISION : Evidence admitted. Specific performance of agreement ordered.
CATCHWORDS : EVIDENCE - Admissibility and Relevancy - Whether the tender of an agreement to the terms of a deed of settlement and release agreed to after a mediation is governed by the Civil Procedure Act 2005, s 29(2) or the Supreme Court Act 1970, s 110P(4) and s 110P(5) - Whether the Civil Procedure Act 2005, Sch 6, cl 5(1) or cl 10(a) applies - Whether agreement on the deed occurred in the course of the follow-up of the mediation and hence during the mediation session as defined in s 110P(1) - Whether solicitor not instructed to agree to deed had ostensible authority to do so - Whether he should be relieved from mistake or misapprehension under Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235 at 243 - Whether case within first category in Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 at 360-361 - Whether discretion against ordering specific performance should be exercised
Supreme Court Act 1970 LEGISLATION CITED : Civil Procedure Act 2005 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Farm Debt Mediation Act 1994
Gain v Commonwealth Bank of Australia (1997) 42 NSWLR 252 Wentworth v Rogers [2004] NSWCA 109 State Bank of New South Wales v Freeman, unreported, NSWSC, 31 January 1996 Commonwealth Bank Australia v McConnell, unreported, NSWSC, 24 July 1997 Bell v Mediate Today Pty Ltd, unreported, NSWSC, 29 October 1998 ANZ Banking Group Ltd v Ciavarella [2002] NSWSC 1186 Donellan v Watson (1990) 21 NSWLR 335 CASES CITED : Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd v GR Securities Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 622 Sinclair Scott & Co Ltd v Naughton (1929) 43 CLR 310 Locnere Pty Ltd v Jakk's Bagel & Bread Co Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 1123 National Benzole Co Ltd v Gooch [1961] 1 WLR 1489 Morgan v 45 Flers Avenue Pty Ltd (1987) 11 NSWLR 573 Harvey v Phillips (1956) 95 CLR 235
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