NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : John Leslie Boreland v Shane Docker & 1 Or [2007] NSWSC 53 This decision has been amended. Please see the end of the judgment for a list of the amendments.
HEARING DATE(S) : 31/01/07, 01/02/07
JUDGMENT DATE : 9 February 2007
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : White J
DECISION : See paragraph 118 of the judgment.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT – Offer and Acceptance – Offer to vary terms of lease – Whether precise correspondence between offer and purported acceptance - LIQUOR LAW – Poker machine entitlements – Lessee required to transfer hotelier's licence on termination of least at lessors' direction – Whether poker machine entitlements held on trust for lessors prior to lessors re-taking possession - LANDLORD AND TENANT – Lease of licensed premises – Term that lessors were beneficial owners of hotelier's licence – Where no trust created because licence is not property – Implications with respect to poker machine entitlements appurtenant to licence.
Gaming Machines Act 2001 (NSW) Liquor Act 1982 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Trustee Act 1925 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW)
J W Carter, Carter on Contract, LexisNexis Butterworths, Sydney, 2002 Tonitto v Bassal (1992) 28 NSWLR 564 Jabetin Pty Ltd v Liquor Administration Board (2005) 63 NSWLR 602 Meagher, Gummow and Lehane, Equity Doctrines and Remedies, 4 ed, para [20-035] Walsh v Lonsdale (1882) 21 Ch. D. 9 Air Great Lakes Pty Ltd v KS Easter (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 309 Austotel Pty Ltd v Franklins Self Serve Pty Ltd (1989) 16 NSWLR 582 Masters v Garcia (2005) 65 NSWLR 92 Jack v Smail (1905) 2 CLR 684 CASES CITED : Ex Parte Berry Re Kessell (1936) 36 SRNSW 485 Slatter v Railway Commissioners (NSW) (1945) 45 CLR 68 Casino & Tavern Pty Ltd v Hurlfobe Pty Ltd (1997) 8 BPR 15,505 Wonall Pty Ltd v Clarence Property Corporation Ltd (2003) 58 NSWLR 23 Evans v Collins [2006] NSWSC 427 Pioneer Shipping Ltd v BTP Tioxide Ltd (The Nema) [1982] AC 724 BP Refinery (Westernport) Pty Ltd v Shire of Hastings (1977) 180 CLR 266 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council (2001) 53 NSWLR 153 Fitzgerald v Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420 Hurstville Municipal Council v Connor (1991) 24 NSWLR 724
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