NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Laurette v Walsh & Anor [2010] NSWSC 414
HEARING DATE(S) : 27 and 28 April 2010, 21 May 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 27 May 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Ball J
1. Order that by way of adjustment and settlement of property interests pursuant to the Property (Relationships) Act 1984, s 20, the First Defendant pay the Plaintiff the sum of $16,000 on settlement of the sale of the property owned by them jointly. DECISION : 2. Application for a declaration that the Second Defendant holds his share of the property owned by the parties on trust for the Plaintiff be dismissed. 3. Matter stood over until a date to be fixed in August 2010 for the making of formal orders under s 66G of Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW). 4. Liberty to apply on 1 day's notice.
CATCHWORDS : DE FACTO RELATIONSHIP - Property adjustment - Contributions of other family members - Constructive trust claimed over share of property held by Defendant's brother
LEGISLATION CITED : Property (Relationships) Act 1984 Conveyancing Act 1919
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
CASES CITED : Baumgartner v Baumgartner (1987) 164 CLR 137 Bilous v Mudallar (2006) 65 NSWLR 615
Kym Laurette (Plaintiff) PARTIES : Damon Walsh (First Defendant) Matthew James Walsh (Second Defendant)
FILE NUMBER(S) : SC 2007/256646
Ms M Gillies (Plaintiff) COUNSEL : J O Anderson (First Defendant) M K Graham (Second Defendant)
White Barnes (Plaintiff) SOLICITORS : Martin Bell & Co (First Defendant) Hunter Family Law Centre (Second Defendant)
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