Harris v Harris [2014] NSWSC 1766

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Harris v Harris [2014] NSWSC 1766 Hearing dates: 28 November 2014 Decision date: 11 December 2014 Jurisdiction: Equity Division Before: Rein J Decision: See [26]. Catchwords: EQUITY - Property - Application under section 66G of the Conveyancing Act - Application for appointment of trustees of sale prior to final hearing - Where the party resisting sale contends that the co-owner holds his share of the property on trust for the party resisting sale - Where the defendant seeks to obtain by way of interlocutory application the final relief sought in his cross-claim Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Cases Cited: Callaghan v O'Neill [2002] NSWSC 877 Juratowitch v Quitlong [2012] NSWSC 1374 Pascoe v Dyason [2011] NSWSC 1217 Payne v Rowe [2012] NSWSC 685 Re Fettell (1952) 52 SR (NSW) 227 Re McNamara and the Conveyancing Act (1961) 78 WN (NSW) 1068 Ryan v Dries [2002] NSWCA 3 Segal v Barel [2013] NSWCA 92; 84 NSWLR 193 Stone v Stone [2014] NSWSC 1655 Tory v Tory [2007] NSWSC 1078 Trustees of the Property of Zoltan Sandor, a bankrupt v Ramirez [1999] NSWCA 261 Williams v Legg (1993) 29 NSWLR 678 Category: Interlocutory applications Parties: Lesley Harris (Plaintiff/Cross-Defendant) Michael Anthony Harris (Defendant/Cross-Claimant) Representation: Counsel: R W Tregenza (Plaintiff) J S Drummond (Defendant) Solicitors: Tsolakis Solicitors (Plaintiff) Heckenberg Lawyers (Defendant) File Number(s): 2013/378863