Menka Tasevska v Vlado (Larry) Tasevski & Anor [2011] NSWSC 174

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Menka Tasevska v Vlado (Larry) Tasevski & Anor [2011] NSWSC 174 Hearing dates: 7, 8 and 9 March 2011 Decision date: 17 March 2011 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Einstein J Decision: 1. The plaintiff is to hold an equitable lien over [...] for the amount of $85,697.46 plus interest accrued from 20 April 2009 at the prejudgement interest rate. 2. The parties will be heard on costs. Catchwords: Equity Equitable charges Equitable lien Constructive trust "Windfall Equity" Equitable Estates and Interests Non-financial contributions Breakdown in relations Whether breakdown occurred "without attributable blame" Parents sell their own home and place the net proceeds with their son and daughter-in-law to use to build a house for them all to live in Whether the parents were promised that their names would be placed on the title as co-owners of the property Parents not fluent in reading English Relief Adjustments for contributions Legislation Cited: Contracts Review Act 1980 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Anson v Anson [2004] NSWSC 766 Baumgartner v Baumgartner (1985) 2 NSWLR 406 Baumgartner v Baumgartner (1987) 164 CLR 137 Bennett v Horgan (Supreme Court of New South Wales, Bryson J, 3 June 1994, unreported) Bryson v Bryant (1992) 29 NSWLR 188 Blomley v Ryan (1956) 99 CLR 362 Bridgewater v Leahy (1998) 194 CLR 457 Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio (1983) 151 CLR 447 Commonwealth v Verwayen (1990) 170 CLR 394 Darrington v Caldbeck (1990) 20 NSWLR 212 Elkofairi v Permanent Trustee Co Ltd [2002] NSWCA 413 Giumelli v Giumelli (1999) 196 CLR 101 Henderson v Miles (No 2) [2005] NSWSC 867 Higgs v Thompson bht The Protective Commissioner [2006] NSWSC 920 Hill v Hill [2005] NSWSC 863 Irvine v Irvine [2008] NSWSC 592 Kriezis v Kriezis [2004] NSWSC 167 McKay v McKay [2008] NSWSC 177 Mighell and Anor v Gargoura and Ors [2009] NSWSC 248 Morris v Morris [1982] 1 NSWLR 61 Muschinski v Dodds (1985) 160 CLR 583 Palinkas v Palinkas [2009] NSWSC 92 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Khoshaba [2006] NSWCA 41 Ryan v Dries [2002] NSWCA 3 Small v Gray [2004] NSWSC 97 St George Bank Ltd v Trimarchi [2004] NSWCA 120 Stoklasa v Stoklasa [2004] NSWSC 518 Sullivan v Sullivan & Ors [2006] NSWCA 312 Taylor v Streicher [2007] NSWSC 1006 Walton Stores (Interstate) Ltd v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 Texts Cited: Young, Croft and Smith On Equity, Thomson Reuter, 2009; Wright, D. in "The Remedial Constructive Trust" Butterworths, 1998; Burns, Fiona R "The Equitable Lien Rediscovered: A Remedy for the 21st Century" (2002) 25(1) UNSWLJ 1; Pound R, "The Progress of the Law- Equity" (1920) 33 Harvard Law Review 420 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Menka Tasevska (plaintiff) Vlado (Larry) Tasevski (First defendant) Susan Tasevski (Second defendant) Representation: Counsel: Ms M. Tibbey (plaintiff) Mr G.M. McGrath (defendants) Solicitors: Creswick McCarthy (plaintiff) Leo & Morrison (defendants) File Number(s): 2009/291312