NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Aldahr & Anor v Motor Accident Commission & Anor [2007] NSWSC 1102
HEARING DATE(S) : 26 to 28 September 2007
JUDGMENT DATE : 5 October 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Palmer J
DECISION : Judgment for the First Defendant on Amended Statement of Claim; orders as sought in Amended Cross Claim.
CATCHWORDS : TRADE PRACTICES – MISLEADING AND DECEPTIVE CONDUCT – Whether failure to disclose to purchaser of shopping centre that a tenant was seeking surrender of lease was misrepresentation by silence – whether reliance by purchaser – whether omission to disclose caused loss. - CONTRACT FOR SALE - DEPOSIT – FORFEITURE – whether deposit should be returned under s.55(2A) Conveyancing Act.
LEGISLATION CITED : - Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) - s.55(2A) - Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) - s.51A, s.52, s.82, s.87
- Demagogue Pty Ltd v Ramenski (1992) 39 FCR 31 - Havyn Pty Ltd v Webster [2005] NSWCA 182 CASES CITED : - Henjo Investments Pty Ltd v Collins Marrickville Pty Ltd (No 1) (1988) 79 ALR 83 - Lucas & Tait (Investments) Pty Ltd v Victoria Securities Ltd [1973] 2 NSWLR 268 - Winterton Constructions Pty Ltd v Hambros Australia Ltd (1992) 39 FCR 97
Tony Aldahr – First Plaintiff/First Cross Defendant PARTIES : Elham Aldahr – Second Plaintiff/Second Cross Defendant Motor Accident Commission – First Defendant/Cross Claimant Knight Frank (NSW) Pty Ltd – Second Defendant
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 5869/05
G.A. Sirtes – Plaintiffs/Cross Defendants COUNSEL : D.B. Studdy, D.S. Mackay – First Defendant/Cross Claimant Ms K. Morton (Sol) – Second Defendant
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