JUSMELL PTY LIMITED v Gregory Alan BAGGOT & Ors [2008] NSWSC 878

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : JUSMELL PTY LIMITED v Gregory Alan BAGGOT & Ors [2008] NSWSC 878

HEARING DATE(S) : 21 August 2008

JUDGMENT DATE : 10 September 2008

JUDGMENT OF : Simpson J

DECISION : Summons dismissed. Plaintiff to pay Defendant's costs of proceedings.

CATCHWORDS : ADMINISTRATIVE LAW - judicial review - decision of Former Liquor Administration Board - lease of hotel premises - poker machine entitlements - sale of business - application for approval for transfer of poker machine entitlements - whether transfer requires support of lessor - whether lessor has financial interest in hotelier's licence - whether poker machine entitlements purchased by lessee - transfer approved - grounds of review - whether misdirection as to effect of s 19(7) - whether irrelevant considerations taken into account - whether decision manifestly unreasonable - meaning of "purchased" in s 19(7) - whether contract for sale of business included sale of poker machine entitlements - right of lessee to sell poker machine entitlements - subjective intentions of parties to a contract - summons dismissed

Supreme Court Act 1970 Liquor Act 1982 LEGISLATION CITED : Casino, Liquor and Gaming Control Authority Act 2007 Gaming Machines Act 2001 Registered Clubs Act 1976 Gaming Machines Amendment (Temporary Freeze) Act 2008

Jabetin Pty Ltd v Liquor Administration Board; Jabetin Pty Ltd v Benwine Pty Ltd [2005] NSWCA 92; 63 NSWLR 602 Buck v Bavone [1976] HCA 24; 135 CLR 110 CASES CITED : Wonall Pty Ltd v Clarence Property Corporation Ltd [2003] NSWSC 497; 58 NSWLR 23 Boreland v Docker [2007] NSWCA 94 Associated Provincial Picture Houses Ltd v Wednesbury Corp [1948] 1 KB 223; [1947] 2 All ER 680