NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : CGS & Co Pty Ltd v The Owners - Strata Plan No. 5290 [2010] NSWSC 1173
HEARING DATE(S) : 16 September 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 15 October 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Bryson AJ at 1
DECISION : Refer to [61]
CATCHWORDS : ASSIGNMENT - assignment of cause of action - GC9 of Building Contract forbade assignment of the contract or any payment thereunder without prior written approval - held an assignment of a claim for payment without consent by Liquidator of the contractor did not have effect as an equitable assignment. CORPORATIONS - winding up - disposition by Liquidator of claim for payment took effect under s477(2) of Corporations Act notwithstanding that assignment was not otherwise possible.
Abolition of Obsolete Offences Act 1969 (UK) Civil Procedure Act 2005 Conveyancing Act 1919 LEGISLATION CITED : Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) Corporations Law (Cth) Law of Property Act 1925 (UK) Uniform Civil Procedures Rules 2005 Wrongs Act 1958 (UK)
Australian Securities Commission v Marlborough Gold Mines Ltd (1993) 177 CLR 485; [1993] HCA 15 Baldry v Jackson [1976] 2 NSWLR 415 Broadcast Australia Pty Limited v Minister Assisting The Minister for Natural Resources (Lands) (2004) 221 CLR 178; [2004] HCA 4 Brookfield v Davey Products Pty Ltd [1996] 14 ACLC 303 Carob Industries Pty Ltd (in liq) v Simto Pty Ltd (2000) 23 WAR 515; [2000] WASCA 362 Cotterill v Bank of Singapore (Australia) Ltd (1995) 37 NSWLR 238 Don King Productions Inc v Warren [2000] Ch D 291 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89; [2007] HCA 22 Guy v Churchill (1889) 40 Ch D 481 Helstan Securities Limited v Hertfordshire County Council [1978] 3 All ER 262 Jericho Developments Pty Ltd v Garden Tower (NSW) Pty Limited [2006] NSWSC 595 Krishell Pty Ltd v Nilant & Ors (2006) 60 ACSR 410; [2006] WASCA 223 Linden Gardens Trust Ltd v Lenesta Sludge Disposals Ltd [1994] 1 AC 85 CASES CITED : Minister for Land & Water Conservation v NTL Australia Pty Ltd (2002) 122 LGERA 53; [2002] NSWCA 149 Norman v Federal Commissioner of Taxation (1963) 109 CLR 9 Pacific Brands Sport & Leisure Pty Ltd v Underworks Pty Ltd (2006) 149 FCR 395; [2006] FCAFC 40 Ramsay v Hartley [1977] 2 All ER 673; 1 WLR 686 Re Movitor Pty Limited v Sims [1996] 19 ACSR 440 Seear v Lawson (1880) 15 Ch D 426 Stein v Blake [1996] 1 AC 243 Stone v Angus [1994] 2 NZLR 202 Torkington v Magee [1902] 2 KB 427 Trendtex Corp v Credit Suisse [1982] AC 679; (1981) 3 All ER 520 UTSA Pty Ltd (in liq) v Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd (1996) 21 ACSR 251 UTSA Pty Ltd (in liq) v Ultra Tune Australia Pty Ltd (1996) 21 ACSR 457 Wigan v Edwards (1973) 47 ALJR 586 Yeandle v Wynn Realisations Ltd (in Administration) (1995) 47 Con LR 1
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