Aboody v Ryan [2012] NSWCA 395

Court of Appeal Supreme Court New South Wales Medium Neutral Citation: Aboody v Ryan [2012] NSWCA 395 Hearing dates: 22 August 2012 Decision date: 04 December 2012 Before: Bathurst CJ at [1] Allsop P at [2] Campbell JA at [82] Decision: Appeal dismissed with costs. [Note: The Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 provide (Rule 36.11) that unless the Court otherwise orders, a judgment or order is taken to be entered when it is recorded in the Court's computerised court record system. Setting aside and variation of judgments or orders is dealt with by Rules 36.15, 36.16, 36.17 and 36.18. Parties should in particular note the time limit of fourteen days in Rule 36.16.] Catchwords: UNCONSCIONABLE CONDUCT - special disadvantage - independence and adequacy of advice - transfer of house from elderly father to daughter - transfer motivated by poor health and irrational political fears - father advised by solicitor obtained by daughter - solicitor explained transaction but did not know of father's irrational motivations - advice neither independent nor adequate - transfer set aside Cases Cited: Archer v Archer [2000] NSWCA 314 Banco Exterior Internacional v Mann [1995] 1 All ER 936 Bank of Baroda v Shah [1988] 3 All ER 24 Black v S Freedman & Co [1910] HCA 58; 12 CLR 105 Blomley v Ryan [1956] HCA 81; 99 CLR 362 Bridgewater v Leahy [1998] HCA 66; 194 CLR 457 Burrawong Investments Pty Ltd v Lindsay [2002] QSC 82 Citibank Savings Ltd v Nicholson (1997) 70 SASR 206 Commercial Bank of Australia Ltd v Amadio [1983] HCA 14; 151 CLR 447 Earl of Aylesford v Morris (1873) LR 8 Ch App 484 Fox v Percy [2003] HCA 22; 214 CLR 118 Gett v Tabet [2009] NSWCA 76 Heperu Pty Ltd v Belle [2009] NSWCA 252; 76 NSWLR 230 Johnson v Smith [2010] NSWCA 306 Louth v Diprose [1992] HCA 61; 175 CLR 621 Massey v Midland Bank plc [1995] 1 All ER 929 Micarone v Perpetual Trustees Australia Ltd [1999] SASC 265; 75 SASR 1 Permanent Mortgages Pty Ltd v Vandenbergh [2010] WASC 10; 41 WAR 353 Powell v Powell [1900] 1 Ch 243 Redgrave v Hurd (1881) 20 Ch D 1 Royal Bank of Scotland v Etridge (No 2) [2002] 2 AC 773 Seiwa Australia Pty Ltd v Beard [2009] NSWCA 240 Smith v Smith [2004] NSWSC 663 Turner v Windever [2003] NSWSC 1147 Wilton v Farnsworth [1948] HCA 20; 76 CLR 646 Texts Cited: R P Meagher, J D Heydon and M J Leeming, Meagher, Gummow and Lehane's Equity: Doctrines and Remedies, 4th ed (Butterworths LexisNexis, 2002) I C F Spry, Equitable Remedies, 8th ed (Law Book Co, 2010) J Story, Commentaries on Equity Jurisprudence (Boston, 1836) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Jennifer Anne Aboody (First Appellant) Anthony Warren Aboody (Second Appellant) Leonard Gordon Ryan (Respondent) Representation: H K Insall SC and H Altan (Appellants) M A McCall (Respondent) Richard Harris (Appellants) Walters Solicitors (Respondent) File Number(s): 2012/93184 Decision under appeal Jurisdiction: 9111 Citation: [2012] NSWSC 136 Date of Decision: 2012-02-27 00:00:00 Before: Slattery J File Number(s): 2010/393166