Taste of Tuscany Restaurant Pty Limited v Papantoniou [2017] NSWSC 932

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Taste of Tuscany Restaurant Pty Limited v Papantoniou [2017] NSWSC 932 Hearing dates: 11 July 2017 Date of orders: 12 July 2017 Decision date: 12 July 2017 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Pembroke J Decision: See paragraph [30] Catchwords: CONTRACT – existence of agreement – no concluded agreement – no intention that parties be bound prior to a formal lease being duly executed Legislation Cited: Retail Leases Act 1994 Cases Cited: Allen v Carbone (1975) 132 CLR 528 Australian Broadcasting Corporation v XIVth Commonwealth Games (1988) 18 NSWLR 540 (CA) Brogden v Metropolitan Railway Co (1877) 2 AC 666 Empirnall Holdings Pty Ltd v Machon Paull Partners Pty Ltd (1988) 14 NSWLR 523 Pan American World Airways Inc v Commonwealth of Australia (1977) 7 BPR 15,145 (CA) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Taste of Tuscany Restaurant Pty Limited - plaintiff George Papantoniou – first defendant Eugenia Papantoniou – second defendant John Papantoniou – third defendant Stella Papantoniou – fourth defendant Aristotelis Papantoniou – fifth defendant Efthemia Papantoniou - sixth defendant Representation: Counsel: V R Gray – for the plaintiff S Jacobs – for the first, second, third and fourth defendants M W Sneddon – for the fifth and sixth defendants