NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Kirkland v Quinross Pty Limited [2008] NSWSC 286
HEARING DATE(S) : 28 March 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 2 April 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Austin J
DECISION : See under heading "Conclusions".
CATCHWORDS : NEGLIGENCE - economic loss - whether solicitor requesting Registrar-General to correct lot numbers on strata plan owed duty of care to plaintiffs who later became mortgagees of a strata lot - TORRENS SYSTEM - Registrar-General's power to correct register by correcting references to lot numbers on a plan (s 12(1)(d1)) - whether plaintiffs entitled to claim compensation from solicitor under s 120 - whether plaintiffs entitled to recover compensation from Torrens Assurance Fund under s 129 - whether Court should grant leave nunc pro tunc under s 132(2) for proceedings to be commenced without prior administrative proceedings
LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Austress Freyssinet Pty Ltd v Joseph [2007] NSWSC 1513 Bebonis v Angelos (2003) 56 NSWLR 127 Bryan v Maloney (1995) 182 CLR 609 Bullock v London General Omnibus Co [1970] 1 KB 264; Challenger Managed Investments Ltd v Direct Money Corporation Pty Ltd (2003) 59 NSWLR 452; [2003] NSWSC 1072 Chandra v Perpetual Trustees Victoria Ltd [2008] NSWSC 178 Connell v Odlum [1993] 2 NZLR 257 Flounders v Millar [2007] NSWCA 232 FNCB-Waltons Finance Ltd v Crest Realty Pty Ltd (1987) 10 NSWLR 621 CASES CITED : Fordyce v Fordham (2006) 67 NSW LR 497; Gran Gelato Ltd v Richcliff (Group) Ltd [1992] Ch 560 Hill v Van Erp (1997) 188 CLR 159 March v E&MH Stramare Pty Ltd (1991) 171 CLR 506 Pirie v Registrar-General (1962) 109 CLR 619 Printy v Provident Capital Ltd [2007] NSWSC 287 Re Minister for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs; ex parte Lai Qin (1997) 186 CLR 622; Reiffel v ACN 075 839 266 Ltd (2003) 132 FCR 437; 45 ACSR 67; [2003] FCA 194 at [69]\ Travel Compensation Fund v Tambree (2005) 224 CLR 627 Woolcock Street Investments Pty Ltd v CDG Pty Ltd (2004) 216 CLR 515
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