NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : O'Sullivan & Anor v Great Wall Resources Pty Ltd [2006] NSWSC 1268
HEARING DATE(S) : 23 November 2006
JUDGMENT DATE : 24 November 2006
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Orders for specific performance and inquiry as to damages.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT – CONSTRUCTION – REPUDIATION – Whether contract executed – whether plaintiffs insisted on erroneous construction – whether plaintiffs entitled to specific performance.
LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) – s.55(2A)
DTR Nominees Pty Limited v Mona Homes Pty Limited (1978) 138 CLR 423 Fitzgerald v Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420 CASES CITED : Green v Sommerville (1979) 141 CLR 594 Holland v Wiltshire (1954) 90 CLR 409 Ryder v Frohlich [2004] NSWCA 472 Summers v Commonwealth (1918) 25 CLR 144
Stephen O'Sullivan – First Plaintiff PARTIES : Norella O'Sullivan – Second Plaintiff Great Wall Resources Pty Ltd – Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 1314/06
COUNSEL : T.H. Barrett – Plaintiffs D.A. Smallbone – Defendant
SOLICITORS : Russell McLelland Brown – Plaintiffs Hennikers – Defendant
1314/06 O'Sullivan & Anor v Great Wall Resources Pty Ltd
JUDGMENT 24 November, 2006
Introduction and issues
1 The Plaintiffs seek specific performance of a contract for the sale to them of a parcel of vacant land at Yallah and an inquiry as to damages for the Defendant's alleged breach of contract in failing to complete the contract and for breach of warranty. 2 The Defendant, by its Defence and Cross Claim, says:
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