NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Barnes v Alderton [2008] NSWSC 107
HEARING DATE(S) : 4 February 2008
JUDGMENT DATE : 20 February 2008
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Young CJ in Eq
DECISION : Proceedings dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACTS [17] [77] [79]- Lack of intention to create legal relations- Lack of consideration- Lack of act of part performance by plaintiff that is unequivocally referrable to the alleged agreement. ESTOPPEL [32]- Proprietary estoppel- Proceedings brought by plaintiff against defendant to claim half interest in family home- Alleged oral promise made by the defendant that he will give one half of the property to the plaintiff "when the time comes"- Whether the defendant made a representation in circumstances that show the promise made is understood to be irrevocable- Whether the plaintiff suffering a detriment, if any, is a necessary ingredient of proprietary estoppel- The quantum of relief given must be proportionate to the reasonable expectation of the plaintiff balanced by the monetary value of the detriment suffered- Plaintiff's case essentially that the defendant promised to make a gift- No equity- Case fails.
LEGISLATION CITED : Conveyancing Act 1919, s 23C
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Attorney General (Hong Kong) v Humphreys Estate (Queen's Gardens) Ltd [1987] AC 114 Austin v Keele (1987) 10 NSWLR 283 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Donis v Donis [2007] VSCA 89 Flinn v Flinn [1999] 3 VR 712 Galaxidis v Galaxidis [2001] NSWSC 1123 Galaxidis v Galaxidis [2004] NSWCA 111 Gillett v Holt [1998] 3 All ER 917 Gillett v Holt [2001] Ch 210 Giumelli v Giumelli (1999) 196 CLR 101 Greasley v Cooke [1980] 1 WLR 1306 J C Williamson Ltd v Lukey & Mulholland (1931) 45 CLR 282 Jennings v Rice [2003] 1 P & CR 100 CASES CITED : Jones v Jones [1977] 1 WLR 438 Maddison v Alderson (1883) 8 App Cas 467 Matharu v Matharu (1994) 68 P & CR 93 Ramsden v Dyson (1865) LR 1 HL 129 Regent v Millett (1976) 133 CLR 679 Riches v Hogben [1985] 2 Qd R 292 Riches v Hogben [1986] 1 Qd R 315 Rodgers v Moonta Town Corporation (1981) 55 ALJR 710 Sledmore v Dalby (1996) 72 P & CR 196 Sullivan v Sullivan [2005] NSWSC 10 Sullivan v Sullivan [2006] NSWCA 312 Taylor v Dickens [1998] 1 FLR (Eng) 806 Walton Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Wratten v Hunter [1978] 2 NSWLR 367
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