Chateau Constructions (Aust) Limited v Zepinic [2013] NSWSC 1326

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Chateau Constructions (Aust) Limited v Zepinic [2013] NSWSC 1326 Hearing dates: 21 August, 10 September 2013 Decision date: 13 September 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Darke J Decision: For form of orders see paragraphs 41, 50 and 52 Catchwords: EQUITY - general principles - equitable charges - general right of mortgagee to add costs of enforcement to mortgage debt - application of principle to equitable chargee

PROCEDURE - judgments and orders - execution against property - other writs and modes of execution - charging orders - Civil Procedure Act 2005 s 126 - meaning of "equitable interest" - whether the interest of registered proprietor who has given a charge of land under Real Property Act 2900 is an "equitable interest"

EQUITY - general principles - equitable charges - judicial sale

PROCEDURE - judgments and orders - amending, varying and setting aside - variation of orders for judicial sale pursuant to liberty to apply Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 Judgment Creditors' Remedies Act 1901 Real Property Act 1900 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 Cases Cited: Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic [2009] NSWSC 1339 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 3] [2009] NSWSC 1373 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 5] [2010] NSWSC 265 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic & Anor [No 6] [2010] NSWSC 538 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Milla Zepinic & Anor, Unreported, Supreme Court of New South Wales, 3 May 2013 Chateau Constructions (Aust) Ltd v Zepinic [2013] NSWSC 909 Cotterell v Stratton (1872) 8 Ch App 295 Ezekiel v Orakpo [1997] 1 WLR 340 Hamod v State of New South Wales [2011] NSWCA 375 King Investment Solutions Pty Ltd v Hussain [2005] NSWSC 1076 National Provincial Bank of England v Games (1886) 31 Ch D 582 Paul Michael Pty Ltd v Urban Traders Pty Ltd [2010] NSWSC 1246 Re Sneyd; ex parte Fewings (1883) 25 Ch D 338 Renascent Interiors and Refurbishers v ASEL Property Group [2002] NSWSC 345 Quint v Robertson (1985) 3 NSWLR 398 Wood v Inglis [2010] NSWSC 749 Texts Cited: ELG Tyler, PW Young & CE Croft, Fisher and Lightwood's Law of Mortgage, 2nd Australian ed (2005) Fisher and Lightwood's Law of Mortgage, 13th ed (2010) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Chateau Constructions (Aust) Limited ACN 001 376 218 (Plaintiff) Milla Zepinic (First Defendant) Dr Vito Zepinic (Second Defendant) (In person and on behalf of the First Defendant on 21 August 2013 only) Representation: Counsel: B Ilkovski (Plaintiff) Solicitors: Toomey Pegg Lawyers (Plaintiff) File Number(s): 2009/290598 Publication restriction: Nil