NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Court of Appeal
CITATION: K & K Real Estate Pty Ltd v Adellos Pty Ltd [2010] NSWCA 302
HEARING DATE(S): 3 November 2010
JUDGMENT DATE: 11 November 2010
JUDGMENT OF: Giles JA at [1]; Young JA at [ 36 ]; Handley AJA at [128]
DECISION: The appeal is dismissed with costs.
CATCHWORDS: Vendor and purchaser- purchaser's suit for specific performance- vendors issue notice to complete- negotiations occur without agreement that time under notice will not run- neither party attends for completion on date specified in notice- whether essentiality of time waived- whether purchaser's solicitor intimated to vendors' solicitor that they were dispensed from attending on completion- significance of the word "intimation" in relevant authorities- how element of reliance on intimation needs to be established- mere fact that vendors resold at a profit insufficient to justify refund of deposit.
LEGISLATION CITED: Conveyancing Act 1919, s 55(2A)
CATEGORY: Principal judgment
Blacktown City Council v Fitzgerald (1990) 6 BPR 13,409 Foran v Wight [1989] HCA 51; 168 CLR 385 Haynes v Hirst (1927) 27 SR (NSW) 480 Hughes v Metropolitan Railway Co (1877) 2 App Cas 439 Jones v Barkley (1781) 2 Dougl 684; 99 ER 434 CASES CITED: Jones v Dumbrell [1981] VR 199 Lacey v Hayden [2000] NSWCA 182; 10 BPR 18,199 Peter Turnbull & Co Pty Ltd v Mundus Trading Co (Australasia) Pty Ltd [1954] HCA 25; 90 CLR 235 Rawson v Hobbs [1961] HCA 72; 107 CLR 466 Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia [1992] HCA 55; 175 CLR 514 Zaccardi v Caunt [2008] NSWCA 202
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