Cassaniti v Ruse NSW Pty Limited [2017] NSWSC 499

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Cassaniti v Ruse NSW Pty Limited [2017] NSWSC 499 Hearing dates: 26 April 2017 Date of orders: 01 May 2017 Decision date: 01 May 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Pembroke J Decision: Separate question answered in the negative Catchwords: DEED – construction and implication – reasonable and effective operation – commercial purpose – neither obvious nor necessary DEED – mere contractual obligation by entities not having interest in land – not capable of creating equitable interest in land in favour of promisee Legislation Cited: Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Australis Media Holdings Pty Ltd v Telstra Corporation Ltd (1998) 43 NSWLR 104 Codelfa Construction Pty Ltd v State Rail Authority of NSW (1982) 149 CLR 337 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ivana Cassaniti – first plaintiff Gino Robert Cassaniti – second plaintiff Ruse NSW Pty Limited – first defendant Armstrong Scalisi Holdings Pty Limited – second defendant Raptor (Aust) Pty Ltd – third defendant Leumeah (NSW) Pty Ltd – fourth defendant Newton Road WP Pty Ltd – fifth defendant David Salvatore Cassaniti – sixth defendant Sam Peter Cassaniti – seventh defendant Representation: Counsel: J Thomson with K Young – for the plaintiffs M Ashhurst SC with L Corbett – for the defendants

Solicitors: Dormer Stanhope – for the plaintiffs Kemp Strang – for the defendants File Number(s): 2015/377309