NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Ciavarella v Polimeni [2008] NSWSC 234
HEARING DATE(S) : 28, 29 February 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 20 March 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Order that the first and second defendants convey the relevant property to the plaintiff.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS [27][31]- Acceptance- Construction of tender document- Whether written notification of acceptance from vendor is mandatory- Held "Yes"- No written notification of acceptance- No formal contract. CONTRACTS [75]- Informal contract within the meaning of the "fourth class" of Masters v Cameron- Lack of written note or memorandum- Part performance- Acts constituting part performance must be in performance of the contract, not merely in reliance on it. ESTOPPEL [32]- Proprietary estoppel by encouragement- Whether fulfilment of expectation disproportionate or inequitable- Calculation of equitable compensation- Reasonable foreseeability of plaintiff's expenditure in reliance on the defendants' representation.
LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919, s 54A Duties Act 1997, s 304
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
8 Parriwi Road Pty Ltd v Raffan [1970] 2 NSWR 428 Amalgamated Investment & Property Co Ltd v Texas Commerce International Bank Ltd [1982] QB 84 Australian Property & Management Pty Ltd v Devefi Pty Ltd (1997) 7 BPR 15,255 Barnes v Alderton [2008] NSWSC 107 Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd v GR Securities Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 622 Cameron v Murdoch [1983] WAR 321 Cameron v Murdoch (1986) 60 ALJR 280; 63 ALR 575 (PC) Cauduro v Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd (1975) 1 BPR 9337 Craney v Bugg [1971] 1 NSWLR 13 CTM Nominees Pty Ltd v Galba Pty Ltd (1982) 2 BPR 9588 Dent v Moore (1919) 26 CLR 316 Eccles v Bryant & Pollock [1948] Ch 93 Enrico Furst & Co v WE Fischer Ltd [1960] 2 Lloyd's Rep 340 Fleetwood-Hesketh v Commissioners of Inland Revenue [1936] KB 351 GR Securities Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 631 Grant v GUS Properties (NSW) Pty Ltd (1981) 2 BPR 9465 Greasley v Cooke [1980] 1 WLR 1306 Grummit v Natalisio [1968] VR 156 Halloran v Minister Administering National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974 (2006) 80 ALJR 519 CASES CITED : ISPT Nominees Pty Ltd v Chief Commissioner of State Revenue (2003) 12 BPR 22,941 Jennings v Rice [2003] 1 P & CR 100 Levitt v Illawarra Seafoods Pty Ltd (1982) 2 BPR 9503 Maddison v Alderson (1883) 8 App Cas 467 Margripilis v Baird [1926] St R Qd 89 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353 McBride v Sandland (1918) 25 CLR 69 McPherson v King (1975) 1 BPR 9447 Myers v Ross (1935) 10 Fed Supp 409 N Litterco & Company Inc v Glassman Construction Company Inc 319 F (2d) 736 (1963) Nicholas v Paspaley Properties Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxes (1991) 103 FLR 305 Official Trustee in Bankruptcy v D'Jamirze (1999) 48 NSWLR 416 Perri v Coolangatta Investments Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 537 Riches v Hogben [1985] 2 Qd R 292 Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634 Stratulatos v Stratulatos [1988] 2 NZLR 424 TA Dellaca Pty Ltd v PDL Industries Ltd [1992] 3 NZLR 88 Tallerman & Co Pty Ltd v Nathan's Merchandise (Vic) Pty Ltd (1957) 98 CLR 93 Tasker v Small (1837) 3 My & Cr 63; 40 ER 848 Tinn v Hoffmann & Co (1873) 29 LT 271 Waltons Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387
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