NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Hali Retail Stores Pty Ltd v Hafaz [2007] NSWSC 412
HEARING DATE(S) : 22 March 2007 JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Brereton J
EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 23 March 2007
DECISION : No intention to be immediately bound. Application for specific performance dismissed.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT – Specific performance – formation – intention to be legally bound – where lessee's agent and lessor agree in writing on commercial terms to apply but "subject to lease" – whether intention to be bound before formal lease is settled executed and exchanged – relevant considerations.
LEGISLATION CITED : (NSW) Fair Trading Act 1987
Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games Ltd (1988) 18 NSWLR 540 Blackburn Developments No 19 Pty Ltd v Downs Surgical (Australia) Pty Ltd (1974) 2 BPR 9141 G&E Avakoumides Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Funds Management Pty Ltd [2004] NSWSC 711 Gobblers Inc Pty Limited v Stevens (1993) NSWConvR 55-665 Insearch Ltd v Kin Hing Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 875 CASES CITED : Kassabian & Rawstron Investments Pty Ltd v Lagonicos (1993) NSW ConvR 55-690 Landsmiths Pty Ltd v Hall (1999) 9 BPR 17,056 (Young J) Long v Piper [2001] NSWCA 342 Longpocket Investments Pty Ltd v Hoadley (1985) 3 BPR 9606 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 Sydney Harbour Casino Holdings Pty Ltd v NMBE Pty Ltd (1998) 9 BPR 16,679
PARTIES : Hali Retail Stores Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Ayaz Hafaz (defendant)
We try to embed the page this law was scraped from. If the site blocks framing, you still get the link and a local excerpt.
Last checked with source on —
Checking whether the official page can be embedded…
Plain-English simplify of this law: a short summary, key points, and both sides of the argument. Generated on first view via Replicate, then cached. Vote on what helps your study.
No study brief is cached for this law yet. Sign up to generate a plain-English brief.
Sign up to generate