Sakellis v Vourlos [2018] NSWSC 1928

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sakellis v Vourlos [2018] NSWSC 1928 Hearing dates: 13 December 2018 Date of orders: 19 December 2018 Decision date: 19 December 2018 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Davies J Decision: (1) Dismiss the plaintiff's amended notice of motion filed 13 December 2018.

(2) The plaintiff is to pay the defendant's costs of the motion. Catchwords: CIVIL PROCEDURE – summary disposal – judgment for plaintiff – striking out of defence sought in the alternative – whether no reasonable defence – where defendant relied on proprietary estoppel to defend proceedings for possession of real property – whether evidence capable of establishing detrimental reliance –necessary to make findings about representations and availability of relief sought by defendant at trial – no basis for summary disposal or striking out Legislation Cited: Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 2005 (NSW) r 14.28 Cases Cited: Bushby v Dixon Holmes Du Pont Pty Ltd (2010) 78 NSWLR 111; [2010] NSWSC 234 Simmons v New South Wales Trustee and Guardian [2014] NSWCA 405 Sullivan v Sullivan [2006] NSWCA 312 Watson v Foxman (1995) 49 NSWLR 315 Texts Cited: Nil Category: Procedural and other rulings Parties: Angela Sakellis (Plaintiff) Constantinos Vourlos (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: J Young (Plaintiff) T Liu (Defendant)

Solicitors: Sparke Helmore Lawyers (Plaintiff) Clayton Utz (Defendant) File Number(s): 2018/177144 Publication restriction: Nil