Groch v Knights [2018] NSWSC 1365

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Groch v Knights [2018] NSWSC 1365 Hearing dates: 14 May; 13 July; 1 August 2018 Date of orders: 06 September 2018 Decision date: 06 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity - Real Property List Before: Parker J Decision: See [64] Catchwords: LAND LAW – Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 66G – application for appointment of trustees for sale – discretionary considerations – hardship or unfairness not a basis to refuse application

LAND LAW – Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), s 66G – application for appointment of trustees for sale – power to appoint trustees for sale before question of accounting between co-owners is determined – power under general law or s 66G(6) to determine incidental questions of the beneficiaries' entitlements following order for sale

LAND LAW – co-ownership – incidents – accounting between co-owners – general principles discussed Legislation Cited: Conveyancing Act 1919 (NSW), ss 36A, 66G, 66F Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth), ss 104.10, 110.25 Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW), r 10.25 Cases Cited: Application of Richard Albarran; Harb v Harb (2010) 17 BPR 33,295; [2010] NSWSC 1251 Caird Seven Pty Ltd v Attia (2016) 92 NSWLR 457; [2016] NSWSC 1452 Callow v Rupchev (2009) 14 BPR 27,533; [2009] NSWCA 148 Coshott v Crouch [2018] NSWSC 853 Dobrijevich v Burge (2001) 10 BPR 19,525; [2001] NSWSC 1176 Forgeard v Shanahan (1994) 35 NSWLR 206 Myers v Clark [2018] NSWSC 1029 Ryan v Dries (2002) 10 BPR 19,497; [2002] NSWCA 3 Tory v Tory [2007] NSWSC 1078 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Larissa Jane Groch (Plaintiff) Keith Charles Knights (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: E White (Plaintiff)