NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Dearing v Dearing [2009] NSWSC 1394
HEARING DATE(S) : 14 - 16 October, 25 November 2009
JUDGMENT DATE : 11 December 2009
JURISDICTION : Equity Division
JUDGMENT OF : Rein J
DECISION : Declaration made that the defendant holds the Bundeena property as trustee on resulting trust in favour of the plaintiff and consequential orders.
CATCHWORDS : EQUITY – trusts and trustees – resulting trusts – where mother provided almost entire purchase price for property purchased in the name of her son – whether or not the presumption of advancement is rebutted – held that the presumption is rebutted - BAILMENTS – gratuitous bailment – where personal property placed with the defendant to be sold – failure to account for items sold – failure to return items not sold
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242 Commercial Union Assurance Co. of Australia v Ferrcom Pty Ltd (1991) 22 NSWLR 389 Hobbs v Petersham Transport Co Pty Ltd (1971) 124 CLR 220 CASES CITED : Lamshed v Lamshed (1963) 109 CLR 440 Morris v CW Martin & Sons Ltd [1966] 1 QB 716 Nelson v Nelson (1994) 33 NSWLR 740 Nelson v Nelson (1995) 184 CLR 538 Orr v Ford (1989) 167 CLR 316
TEXTS CITED : Young, Croft and Smith, On Equity, (2009 Thomsons/Lawbook Co Meagher Gummow & Lehane's Equity Doctrine & Remedies 4th edition (2002) Butterworths LexisNexis
PARTIES : Kay Dearing (Plaintiff) Tyrone Errol Dearing (Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 3740/08
COUNSEL : D Toomey (Plaintiff) S Wells (Defendant)
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