NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Radoman Pty Limited v Vexapu Pty Limited [2008] NSWSC 8
HEARING DATE(S) : 19/11/07, 20/11/07
JUDGMENT DATE : 30 January 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Barrett J
DECISION : Claims in summons to be dismissed. Judgment to be entered on cross-claim by consent
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS - requirement for writing under Statute of Frauds - contract for sale or other disposition of interest in land - where grantor of option to purchase land allegedly made oral promise to pay money to grantee if grantee surrendered its option entitlement by allowing a third party to purchase - whether alleged contract entailed "disposition" of "interest in land" - whether contract "for" such disposition - CONTRACTS - consideration - where written contract refers to consideration of $10 "the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged" - where no evidence of payment or receipt of $10 - whether contract fails for lack of consideration - CONTRACTS - formation of contract - conversation between individuals representing companies - whether words spoken created contract between companies
Conveyancing Act 1919, ss 7, 54A LEGISLATION CITED : Law of Property (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1989 (UK) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth), s 52
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Barba v Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria [1976] HCA 60; (1976) 136 CLR 120 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council [2001] NSWCA 61; (2001) 53 NSWLR 153 Bristow v Manning (1988) 4 BPR 9337 Burnitt v Pacific Paradise Resort Pty Ltd [2006] QCA 309 Cocking v Ward (1845) 1 CB 858 Ex parte Hall; In re Whitting (1878) 10 Ch D 615 Finlayson v Campbell (1997) 8 BPR 15,703 Gas & Fuel Corporation of Victoria v Barba [1976] VR 755 Goldsbrough Mort & Co Ltd v Quinn (1910) 10 CLR 674 GPT RE Ltd v Lend Lease Real Estate Investments Ltd (2005) 12 BPR 23,217 Grey v Inland Revenue Commissioners [1960] AC 1 CASES CITED : Himbleton Pty Ltd v Kumagai (NSW) Pty Ltd (1991) 29 NSWLR 44 Laybutt v Amoco Australia Pty Ltd (1974) 132 CLR 57 Lydia Court Pty Ltd v Panousis (unreported, NSWSC, 7 September 1973) McCausland v Duncan Lawrie Ltd [1997] 1 WLR 38 Morris v Baron [1918] AC 1 Nweze v Nwoko [2004] EWCA Civ 379 Petelin v Deger Investments Pty Ltd [1976] HCA 4; (1976) 133 CLR 538 Phillips v Ellinson Brothers Pty Ltd [1941] HCA 55; (1941) 65 CLR 221 Powercell Pty Ltd v Cuzeno Pty Ltd [2003] NSWSC 600; (2003) 11 BPR 21,385 PT Ltd v Maradona Pty Ltd (No 2) (1992) 27 NSWLR 241 Riches v Hogben [1986] 1 Qd R 315 Soyfer v Earlmaze [2000] NSWSC 1068 Tasita Pty Ltd v Sovereign v State of Papua New Guinea (1991) 34 NSWLR 691
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