Mahaffy v Mahaffy [2010] NSWSC 1358

New South Wales Supreme Court

CITATION : Mahaffy v Mahaffy [2010] NSWSC 1358

HEARING DATE(S) : 2 November 2010

JUDGMENT DATE : 2 November 2010

JURISDICTION : Equity

JUDGMENT OF : White J

EX TEMPORE JUDGMENT DATE : 2 November 2010

DECISION : 1. Summons dismissed; 2. Plaintiff to pay the defendant's costs; 3. Exhibits may be returned after 28 days.

CATCHWORDS : PROCEDURE – application to restrain sale of property or require sale proceeds to be paid into court pending final determination – where interlocutory orders previously made dismissing application to restrain sale – where mortgagee entered into sale contract in purported exercise power of sale – whether applicant in contempt of court for non-compliance with court orders – whether contempt of an order in same suit or proceedings – whether serious question to be tried that power of sale exercised validly – whether notice properly given under s 57(2)(b) of Real Property Act 1900 – where application seeks to vary or set aside previous interlocutory orders in absence of material change of circumstance or fresh material – balance of convenience – no question of principle

LEGISLATION CITED : Real Property Act 1900 (NSW)

CATEGORY : Procedural and other rulings

Leaway Pty Ltd v Newcastle City Council (No. 2) [2005] NSWSC 826; (2005) 220 ALR 757 Inglis v Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia (1972) 126 CLR 161 Harvey v McWatters (1948) 49 SR (NSW) 173 CASES CITED : Solid Holdings Pty Ltd v IMFML Finance Pty Ltd [2008] NSWSC 573 Carr v Finance Corporation of Australia Limited (No 2) (1982) 150 CLR 139 Morton v Suncorp Finance Ltd (1987) 8 NSWLR 325 Brimaud v Honeysett Instant Print Pty Ltd (1988) 217 ALR 44