Frankel v Paterson [2015] NSWSC 1307

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Frankel v Paterson [2015] NSWSC 1307 Hearing dates: 18 and 19 August 2015 Date of orders: 18 September 2015 Decision date: 18 September 2015 Before: Young AJA Decision: Summons dismissed with costs Order for specific performance on Cross-Claim Catchwords: SALE OF LAND – strata unit with common property – purchasers claim Flight v Booth principle applies so that they need not complete – problem with encroachment on to garden, part of common property REAL PROPERTY – strata title – what are unit holders' rights over common property Legislation Cited: Civil Liability Act 2002 (NSW) Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Strata Schemes (Freehold Development) Act 1973 (NSW) Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 (NSW) Cases Cited: Beard v Drummoyne MC (1969) 71 SR 250 Brewer v Brown (1884) 28 Ch D 309 Bull v Bull [1955] 1 QB 234 Burns v Grevier [2010] NSWSC 1219 Carre v Owners Corporation – Strata Plan 53020 (2003) 58 NSWLR 302 Charles Hunt Ltd v Palmer [1031] 2 Ch 287 Cumberland Consolidated Holdings Ltd v Ireland [1946] KB 264 D C Wagemaker & Sons Pty Ltd v Commonwealth Development Bank of Australia (1970) 91 WN (NSW) 617 Dormer v Solo Investments (No 2) Pty Ltd [1974] 1 NSWLR 428 Ford Excavations Pty Ltd v Do Carmo [1981] 2 NSWLR 253 Flight v Booth (1834) 1 Bing (NC) 370; (1834) 131 ER 1160 Fullers' Theatres Ltd v Musgrove [1923] HCA 12; (1923) 31 CLR 524 Hamilton v Munro (1951) 51 SR (NSW) 250 Hynes v Vaughan (1985) 50 P & CR 444 Kannane v Demian Develoopments Pty Ltd [2005] NSWSC 1193 Laurence v Lexcourt Holdings Ltd [1978] 2 All ER 810 Lee v Rayson [1917] 1 Ch 613 Lin v Owners Strata Plan 50276 (2004) 11 BPR 21,463 Lion White Lead Ltd v Rogers [1918] HCA 71; (1918) 25 CLR 533 Lohar Corporation Pty Ltd v Dibu Pty Ltd (1976) 1 BPR 9177 Owners – Strata Plan 50276 v Thoo (2013) 17 BPR 33,789; [2013] NSWCA 270 Owners – Strata Plan 43551 v Walter Construction Group Ltd (2004) 62 NSWLR 169 Platt v Ciriello [1988] 2 QdR 417 R v Hannes (2000) 158 FLR 359 Raphael Shin Enterprises Pty Ltd v Waterpoint Shepherds Bay Pty Ltd [2014] NSWSC 743 Re O'Hare and O'More's Contract [1901] 1 Ch 93 Ridis v Strata Plan 10308 (2005) 63 NSWLR 449 Schalit v Joseph Nadler Ltd [1933] 2 KB 79 Taylor v Yorkshire Insurance Co Ltd [1013] 2 IR 21 Trans Realties Pty Ltd v Grbac [1975] 1 NSWLR 170 Turner v Noyes (1904) 20 WN (NSW) 266 Urban House v Purnell Bros (2007) 13 BPR 24 Walker v Boyle [1982] 1 All ER 634 Texts Cited: Bowstead & Reynolds on Agency ( Sweet & Maxwell, 16th ed, 1996) Jones & Goodhard Specific Performance (1st ed and current ed) Phipson on Evidence (Sweet & Maxwell, 18th ed, 2013) Snell's Equity (Sweet & Maxwell, 31st ed, 2005) The Standard Contract for Sale of Land in New South Wales (Law Book Company, 2nd ed, 1998) Williams on Vendor & Purchaser (4th ed, Sweet & Maxwell, London, 1926) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Michael John Frankel – first plaintiff Deborah Karen Rosenfield – second plaintiff Mark Ian Paterson – first defendant Anne Lindsey Newman Riches – second defendant Representation: Counsel: M L D Einfeld QC with V F Kerr – for the plaintiffs G Lucarelli – for the defendants