Ideal Business Centres Pty Ltd v Violin Holdings Pty Ltd atf The Violin Investment Trust [2018] NSWSC 1249

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Ideal Business Centres Pty Ltd v Violin Holdings Pty Ltd atf The Violin Investment Trust [2018] NSWSC 1249 Hearing dates: 6, 7 August 2018 Decision date: 09 August 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Kunc J Decision: First defendant bound to observe and give effect to plaintiff's unregistered lease Catchwords: LAND LAW — Torrens title — Exceptions to indefeasibility — Acknowledgement of unregistered interest — Whether incoming purchaser bound at law or in equity to observe and give effect to unregistered lease Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Cases Cited: Bahr v Nicolay (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 604; [1988] HCA 16 Cherry v Steele-Park (2017) 351 ALR 521; [2017] NSWCA 295 Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd (2017) 91 ALJR 486; [2017] HCA 12 Ginger Development Enterprises Pty Ltd v Crown Developments Australia Pty Ltd [2003] NSWCA 296 Health & Case Management Limited v The Physiotherapy Network Limited [2018] EWHC 869 (QB) Heggies Bulkhaul v Global Minerals Australia (2003) 59 NSWLR 312; [2003] NSWSC 851 Ryan v Starr (2005) 12 BPR 22,803; [2005] NSWSC 170 Snowlong Pty Ltd v Choe (1991) 23 NSWLR 198 Specialist Diagnostic Services v Healthscope Ltd [2010] VSC 443 The Presbyterian Church (NSW) Property Trust v Scots Church Development Ltd (2007) 64 ACSR 31; [2007] NSWSC 676 Texts Cited: J W Carter, The Construction of Commercial Contracts (2013, Hart Publishing) K Lewison and D Hughes, The Interpretation of Contracts in Australia (2012, Thomson Reuters) Macquarie Dictionary (online edition) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Ideal Business Centres Pty Ltd ACN 145277676 (Plaintiff)