Needlegrove Investments Pty Limited & Anor v Thakral Brighton Hotel Pty Limited & Ors [2007] NSWSC 89

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Needlegrove Investments Pty Limited & Anor v Thakral Brighton Hotel Pty Limited & Ors [2007] NSWSC 89

HEARING DATE(S) : 19.09.05, 20.09.05, 21.09.05, 21.03.06, 22.03.06, 23.03.06, 24.03.06, 13.07.06, 14.07.06, 21.07.06, 17.08.06, 07.09.06

JUDGMENT DATE : 16 February 2007

JUDGMENT OF : Nicholas J

DECISION : para 93

CATCHWORDS : Landlord and tenant – mortgage of leasehold – whether lessor entitled to forfeiture without the notice required under agreement with mortgagee – whether lessor's notices of termination to lessee valid – construction of deed of consent to mortgage of lease – meaning of "successors" and of "assigns"

LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919, s 129 Retail Leases Act 1994, s 41

Con-Stan Industries of Australia Pty Ltd v Norwich Winterthur Insurance (Australia) Limited (1985-1986) 160 CLR 226 Caradine Properties Ltd v Aslam (1976) 1 All ER 573 Egerton v Jones [1939] 2 KB 702 Kestrel Coal Pty Limited v Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union [Unreported, QldSC, 11 November 1999] McCann v Switzerland Insurance Australia Ltd & Ors (2000) 203 CLR 579 CASES CITED : O'Callaghan & Ors v Custom Credit Corporation Limited & Ors [Unreported, WASC, 7 December 1997] Project Blue Sky Inc & Ors. v Australian Broadcasting Authority (1998) 194 CLR 355 Retravision (NSW) Limited v Copeland [Unreported, NSWSC, 8 October 1997] Taylor v Dexta Corporation Limited & Ors [2006] NSWCA 310 United Starr-Bowkett Co-operative Building Society (No. 11) Limited v Clyne (1967) 68 SR (NSW) 331 Willkie v Gordian Runoff Ltd [2005] HCA 17