MAY v CEEDIVE PTY LTD [2006] NSWCA 369

New South Wales Court of Appeal

CITATION: MAY v CEEDIVE PTY LTD [2006] NSWCA 369

HEARING DATE(S): 20 September 2006

JUDGMENT DATE: 15 December 2006

JUDGMENT OF: Mason P at 1; Beazley JA at 2; Santow JA at 3

DECISION: Appeal allowed with costs. See orders at [105].

CATCHWORDS: REAL PROPERTY – Meaning of "fixture" in the case of a house purportedly sold on underleased land where the house was not severable and had been on the land for some years – lesser weight of subjective intention as against objective circumstances – to the extent it is relevant, subject intention must be that of original occupier of land and of the builder of the house, not a subsequent purchaser – "prescribed premises" for purposes of protection under Landlord and Tenant Act – whether lease of bare land. - PROCEDURE – Issue and Anshun estoppel not arising where jurisdiction held to be absent under Residential Tenancies Act 1987 by the Consumer, Trader and Tenancy Tribunal in preliminary proceedings where no decision on merits.

Landlord and Tenant (Amendment) Act 1948 (NSW) s5A, s5AA, s8 LEGISLATION CITED: Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) s42(1)(d), 43(1) Residential Tenancies Act 1987 (NSW) s6 Retail Leases Act 1994 (NSW)

Australian Provisional Assurance Co Ltd v Coroneo [1938] 38 SR(NSW) 700 Bonnington v Lynch (1952) 86 CLR 259 Elitestone Ltd v Morris [1997] 1 WLR 687 H A Warner v Williams (1946) 73 CLR 421 McKenzie v McKenzie (1944) 62 WN(NSW) 48 Manly Council v Malouf t/as Fusion Point (2004) 61 NSWLR 394 CASES CITED: NAB v Blacker (2000) 104 FCR 288 NH Dunn v LM Ericsson (1979) 2 BPR 9241 Permanent Trustee Australia v Esanda Corporation (1991) 6 BPR 13420 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Limited (1981) 147 CLR 589 Reid v Smith [1905] 3 CLR 656 Simms v Lee (1945) 45 SR(NSW) 352 Turner v York Motors (1951) 85 CLR 55