Agripower Barraba Pty Limited v Blomfield [2013] NSWSC 1598

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Agripower Barraba Pty Limited v Blomfield [2013] NSWSC 1598 Hearing dates: 25 and 27 September 2013 Decision date: 05 November 2013 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Black J Decision: Judgment that disputed items are fixtures and the proceedings should be dismissed. Parties to bring in draft short minutes of order to give effect to judgment. Catchwords: PROPERTY - fixtures to land - intention of parties - degree of annexation - where uncertainty over who owned disputed items prior to transfer of title - where uncertainty over whether party held rights of ownership or rights of a secured creditor over the disputed items - where certain items partly welded in place and structures built around them which would have to be demolished, in part, to remove them - where certain items are part of an integrated processing and bagging facility - whether removal would destroy the items - whether the cost of removal would exceed the value of the items - whether removal would damage the property - whether terms of a lease assists with determining the intention of parties. Legislation Cited: - Environment Operations Act 1997 (NSW) - Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) ss 48(4)(a), 48(4)(b), 48(4)(d) - Sale of Goods Act 1923 (NSW) s 27 - Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 14.26(1) Cases Cited: - Agripower Australia Ltd v J & D Rigging Pty Ltd [2013] QSC 164 - Attorney-General (Cth) v RT Company Pty Ltd (1957) 97 CLR 146 - Australian Provincial Assurance Co Ltd v Coroneo (1938) 38 SR (NSW) 700 - Commissioner of State Revenue (Vic) v Snowy Hydro Ltd [2012] VSCA 145 - Commissioner of Stamps (WA) v L Whiteman Ltd [1940] HCA 30; (1940) 64 CLR 407 - Commissioner of State Revenue v Uniqema Pty Ltd [2004] VSCA 82; (2004) 9 VR 523 - Lees & Leech Pty Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation (1997) 73 FCR 136 - Loiero (aka Lero) v Adel Sportswear Pty Ltd & Ors [2010] NSWSC 1133; (2010) 15 BPR 29,689 - May v Ceedive Pty Ltd [2006] NSWCA 369; (2006) 13 BPR 24,147 - Metal Manufacturers Ltd v Commissioner of Taxation [1999] FCA 1712 - National Australia Bank Ltd v Blacker [2000] FCA 1458; (2000) 104 FCR 288 - National Dairies WA Ltd v Commissioner of State Revenue [2001] WASCA 112; (2001) 24 WAR 70 - Pegasus Gold Australia Ltd v Metso Minerals (Australia) Limited [2003] NTCA 03 - Re Cancer Care [2013] NSWSC 37 - Re Starline Furniture Pty Ltd (in liq) (1982) 6 ACLR 312 - Reynolds v Ashby & Son [1904] AC 466 - TEC Desert Pty Limited v Commissioner of State Revenue (WA) [2010] HCA 49; (2010) 241 CLR 576 Texts Cited: Peter Butt, Land Law, 6th ed, 2010 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Agripower Barraba Pty Limited (Plaintiff) Dean Robert Innes Blomfield (First Defendant) Penelope Mary Blomfield (Second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P.P. O'Loughlin/J.C. Conde (Plaintiff) T.G.R. Parker/M. Castle (Defendants) Solicitors: Neil Scott Lawyers (Plaintiff) Lyons Barnett Kennedy (Defendants) File Number(s): 2012/320018