NSW Caselaw
New South Wales Supreme Court
CITATION : Downing v WIN Television (NSW) Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] NSWSC 1132
HEARING DATE(S) : 29 September 2010 to 6 October 2010
JUDGMENT DATE : 21 October 2010
JUDGMENT OF : Ball J
DECISION : See paragraphs 62 and 63 of the judgment.
CATCHWORDS : CONTRACT – interpretation – whether agreement is for a lease or a licence – whether licence is binding on subsequent purchaser of property – whether agreement contained right to sublicense. PROPERTY – fixtures – whether transmission tower and equipment shed are fixtures. REMEDIES – rectification – whether agreement was varied after document embodying agreement was executed – whether document embodying agreement should be rectified. TORTS – intentional – trespass to land – licence to occupy land – where defendant entered land for lawful purpose pursuant to licence but subsequently engaged in unlawful activity. WILLS AND ESTATES – executor – transfer of property from plaintiff's father to plaintiff – whether defendant had a proprietary interest in that property - whether executor failed to recognise proprietary interests of defendant – whether executor failed to discharge contractual obligations of the deceased
Fair Trading Act 1987 (NSW) LEGISLATION CITED : Local Government Act 1919 (NSW) Probate & Administration Act 1898 (NSW) Trustee Act 1925 (NSW)
CATEGORY : Principal judgment
Angullia v Estate and Trust Agencies (1927) Limited [1938] AC 624 Anthony v Commonwealth [1972-73] ALR 769; (1973) 47 ALJR 83 Australian Provincial Assurance Co Ltd v Coroneo (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 700 Baker v R (1983) 153 CLR 338 Commonwealth v Verweyen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Cowell v Rosehill Racecourse Co Ltd (1937) 56 CLR 605 Dillwyn v Llewelyn (1862) 45 ER 1285 Giumelli v Giumelli [1999] HCA 10; 196 CLR 101 Healing (Sales) Pty Ltd v Inglis Electrix Pty Ltd (1968) 121 CLR 584 CASES CITED : Kauter v Kauter [2003] NSWSC 741 Minister of Health v Bellotti [1944] KB 298 New South Wales v Ibbett [2006] HCA 57; 229 CLR 638 Plimmer v Wellington Corporation (1884) 9 App Cas 699 Radaich v Smith (1959) 101 CLR 209 Ramsden v Dyson (1865) LR 1 HL 129 Reid v Smith (1906) 3 CLR 656 Silovi Pty Ltd v Barbaro (1988) 13 NSWLR 466 TCN Channel Nine Pty Ltd v Anning [2002] NSWCA 82; 54 NSWLR 333 TCN Channel Nine v Ilvarity Pty Ltd [2008] NSWCA 9; 71 NSWLR 323 Waltons Stores v Maher (1988) 170 CLR 394
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