Big Kahuna Holdings Pty Ltd v Joanna Kitas [2012] NSWSC 615

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Big Kahuna Holdings Pty Ltd v Joanna Kitas [2012] NSWSC 615 Hearing dates: 28, 29, 30 and 31 March 2011 Decision date: 06 June 2012 Before: McCallum J Decision: Relief under Contracts Review Act granted so as to vary interest rate under mortgage Catchwords: MORTGAGES - whether loan agreement and mortgage unjust - whether defendant entitled to relief under the Contracts Review Act Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 Contracts Review Act 1980 Fair Trading Act 1987 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Uniform Consumer Credit Code Cases Cited: Baltic Shipping Co v Dillon [1991] 22 NSWLR 1 at 9 Bank of Queensland v Dutta [2010] NSWSC 574 Burke v State Bank of NSW (1994) 37 NSWLR 53 Esanda Finance Corp Ltd v Tong [1997] 41 NSWLR 482 Kowalczuk v Accom Finance [2008] NSWCA 343 Lopwell Pty Ltd v Clarke [2009] NSWCA 165 No Fuss Finance Pty Ltd v Miller [2006] NSWSC 630 Permanent Mortgages Pty Ltd v Cook [2006] NSWSC 1104 Perpetual Trustee Co Ltd v Khoshaba [2006] NSWCA 41 Riz v Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1153 Spina v Permanent Custodians Ltd [2009] NSWCA 206 State Bank of NSW Ltd v Burke (1997) NSW ConvR 55-814 West v AGC (Advances) Ltd (1986) 5 NSWLR 610 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Big Kahuna Holdings Pty Ltd (plaintiff) Joanna Kitas (defendant) Representation: Counsel: M R Gracie (plaintiff) B M Zipser (defendant) Solicitors: Whitfield Solicitors (plaintiff) Peter Mitchell Law Practice (defendant) File Number(s): 2007/264557 Publication restriction: None