Papas v Co [2018] NSWSC 1404

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Papas v Co [2018] NSWSC 1404 Hearing dates: 21 June 2018; 16 – 17 July 2018 Date of orders: 12 September 2018 Decision date: 12 September 2018 Jurisdiction: Equity Before: Hallen J Decision: See Paragraph [423] Catchwords: EQUITY — Trusts and trustees — Resulting trusts — Purchase money trust

LAND LAW — Torrens title — Exceptions to indefeasibility — Whether Fraud — Witness to Transferor's signature not present when Transfer signed

SUCCESSION — FAMILY PROVISION — No estate or notional estate out of which an order can be made Legislation Cited: Civil Procedure Act 2005 (NSW) Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) Family Provision Act 1982 (NSW) Limitation Act 1935 (WA) Limitation Act 1969 (NSW) Real Property Act 1900 (NSW) Succession Act 2006 (NSW) Supreme Court Act 1970 (NSW) Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) Cases Cited: Across Australia Finance Pty Ltd v Kalls [2008] NSWSC 783 Amit Laundry Pty Ltd v Jain [2017] NSWSC 1495 Amos v Hogg [2018] NSWSC 1226 Anderson v McPherson (No 2) [2012] WASC 19; (2012) 8 ASTLR 321 Ashton v Pratt (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 3 Australian Guarantee Corporation Ltd v De Jager [1984] VR 483 Bahr v Nicolay (No 2) (1988) 164 CLR 604; [1988] HCA 16 Bank of South Australia Ltd v Ferguson (1998) 192 CLR 248; [1998] HCA 12 Bathurst Regional Council v Local Government Financial Services Pty Ltd (No 5) [2012] FCA 1200 Bouttell v Rapisarda [2014] NSWSC 1192 Calverley v Green (1984) 155 CLR 242; [1984] HCA 81 Carey v Robson (No 2) [2009] NSWSC 1199 Cetojevic v Cetejovic [2006] NSWSC 431 Chan v Chan [2016] NSWCA 222 Charles Marshall Pty Ltd v Grimsley (1956) 95 CLR 353; [1956] HCA 28 Comin Enterprises Pty Ltd v Dayroll Pty Ltd [2007] NSWSC 1440 Cubillo v Commonwealth of Australia (No 2) [2000] FCA 1084; (2000) 103 FCR 1 Currie v Hamilton (1984) 1 NSWLR 687 Darmanin v Cowan [2010] NSWSC 1118 Davis v Williams (2003) 11 BPR 21,313; [2003] NSWCA 371 Day v Couch [2000] NSWSC 230 Do Carmo v Ford Excavations Pty Ltd (1984) 154 CLR 234; [1984] HCA 17 Dyer v Dyer (1788) 2 Cox Eq Cas 92; 30 ER 42 Effem Foods Pty Ltd v Lake Cumbeline Pty Ltd (1999) 161 ALR 599; [1999] HCA 15 Eyota Pty Ltd v Hanave Pty Ltd (1994) 12 ACSR 785 Farah Constructions Pty Ltd v Say-Dee Pty Ltd (2007) 230 CLR 89; [2007] HCA 22 Forsyth v Sinclair (No 2) (2010) 28 VR 635; [2010] VSCA 195 Gestmin SGPS SA v Credit Suisse (UK) Ltd & Anor [2013] EWHC 3560 (Comm) Giacci v Giacci Holdings Pty Ltd [2010] WASCA 233 Grgic v Australian & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1994) 33 NSWLR 202 Guirguis Pty Ltd v Michel's Patisserie System Pty Ltd [2018] 1 Qd R 132; [2017] QCA 83 Haller v Ayre [2005] 2 Qd R 410 Harkness v Harkness (No 2) [2012] NSWSC 35 Hickey v Powershift Tractors Pty Ltd (1998) 9 BPR 17,339 Hintze v Tsering [2018] NSWSC 1190 Hughes v St Barbara Mines Ltd (No 4) [2010] WASC 160 Imam Ali Islamic Centre v Imam Ali Islamic Centre Inc [2018] VSC 413 Lake Cumbeline Pty Ltd v Effem Foods Pty Ltd (trading as Uncle Ben's of Australia) (Federal Court of Australia, Tamberlin J, 29 June 1995, unrep) Lucas v Lucas [2018] NSWSC 962 McEvoy v McEvoy [2012] NSWSC 1494 Muschinski v Dodds (1985) 160 CLR 583; [1985] HCA 78 National Commercial Banking Corporation of Australia Ltd v Hedley (1984) 3 BPR 9477 Nguyen v Cosmopolitan Homes [2008] NSWCA 246 Ogilvie v Adams [1981] VR 1041 Onassis v Vergottis [1968] 2 Lloyd's Rep 403 Ong v Lottwo Pty Ltd (in liq) (2013) 116 SASR 280; (2013) 304 ALR 651; [2013] SASCFC 57 Plunkett v Bull (1915) 19 CLR 544 Potter v Potter [2003] 3 NZLR 145 Quest Rose Hill Pty Limited v The Owners Corporation of Strata Plan 64025 [2012] NSWSC 1548 Re Hodgson (1885) 31 Ch D 177 Russo v Bendigo Bank Ltd [1999] 3 VR 376; [1999] VSCA 108 Ryan v Ryan [2012] NSWSC 636 Sammut v Kleemann [2012] NSWSC 1030 Sansom v Westpac Banking Corporation (1996) 7 BPR 14615 Shepherd v Doolan [2005] NSWSC 42 St George Bank v Meredith; Ghabrial v Meredith [2017] NSWSC 961 Stage Club Ltd v Millers Hotels Pty Ltd (1981) 150 CLR 535; [1981] HCA 71 Tobin v Ezekiel (2012) 83 NSWLR 757; [2012] NSWCA 285 Vlahos Pty Ltd v Vlahos [2017] VSCA 166 Waimiha Sawmilling Co Ltd v Waione Timber Co Ltd [1926] AC 101 Warner v Hung; Re Bellpac Pty Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (In Liquidation) (No 2) [2011] FCA 1123; (2011) 297 ALR 56 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Weeks v Hrubala [2008] NSWSC 162 Whisprun Pty Ltd v Dixon (2003) 200 ALR 447; [2003] HCA 48 Yeshiva Properties No 1 Pty Limited v Marshall [2005] NSWCA 23 Ying v Song [2010] NSWSC 1500 Young v Queensland Trustees Ltd (1956) 99 CLR 560; [1956] HCA 51 Texts Cited: M J Leeming and J D Heydon, Jacobs' Law of Trusts in Australia (8th ed, 2016, LexisNexis) N Skead and P Carruthers, "Fraud against the Registrar - An Unnecessary, Unhelpful and Perhaps, No Longer Relevant Complication in the Law on Fraud under the Torrens System" (2014) 40(3) Monash University Law Review 821 P Butt, Land Law (6th ed, 2010, Thomson Reuters) W Swadling, "Explaining Resulting Trusts" (2008) 124 Law Quarterly Review 72 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Stephanie Papas (Plaintiff) Vinh Tran Co (first Defendant) Jessie Rattanathip (second Defendant) Representation: Counsel: Mr E White (Plaintiff) Mr K Morrissey (Defendants)