Novati Constructions — Court directs deed administrators to hand bank-guarantee originals to developer
Case In the matter of Novati Constructions Pty Ltd (subject to a deed of company arrangement) Court Supreme Court of
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Sibley Investments v Oldfields Advance Scaffold — Court grants specific performance of share-transfer right
Case Sibley Investments Pty Ltd v Oldfields Advance Scaffold Pty Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge
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In the matter of Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd — Court convenes meeting for internal wealth-management restructuring
Case In the matter of Perpetual Trustee Company Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South Wales Judge John Black (Marie
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Bruce v Bruce — NSW Supreme Court splits probate dispute costs between estate and unsuccessful challenger
Case Bruce v Bruce Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Williams J (Margaret Beazley, Governor of New
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Perpetual Corporate Trust v Colevski (No 2) — Court refuses to reopen mortgage possession judgments
Case Perpetual Corporate Trust Limited v Colevski Pty Ltd (No 2) Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge
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FINAO Pty Ltd v Rosebery 2021 Pty Ltd — Court awards property-development profit to project manager
Case FINAO Pty Ltd v Rosebery 2021 Pty Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South Wales Judge Hammerschlag CJ in
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FIFO Capital v Douglas — Court extended financier’s caveat over after-acquired property
Case FIFO Capital Corporate Pty Limited v Joseph Douglas Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Stephen Kunc
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Warrane v Woonona-Bulli RSL Club (No 3) — Court refuses to pause $3.03 million SOPA judgment
Case Warrane – Design Construct Fit-Out Pty Ltd v Woonona-Bulli R S L Memorial Club Ltd (No 3) Court Supreme
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Waterhouse v Rothner — Court rejected the vendor’s termination of the purchaser’s occupation rights
Case Waterhouse v Rothner Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Ian Pike (of New South Wales Margaret
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Khan v DP Bonds — Court upheld deposit-bond issuer’s indemnity claim despite forged signatures
Case Khan v DP Bonds Pty Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Ian Pike (of New
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Tarazi v Paras — NSW Supreme Court appoints independent estate administrator and awards indemnity costs
Case Tarazi v Paras; Paras v Tarazi (No 2) Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Peden J
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Hungry Joe Productions v DCF Lending — NSW Supreme Court refuses to halt mortgagee sale
Case Hungry Joe Productions Pty Ltd atf The Hungry Joe Trust & Anor v DCF Lending Pty Ltd & Anor
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Bruce v Bruce — upheld the later will and rejected the son’s inheritance claims
Case Bruce v Bruce Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Katrina Jane Williams (Margaret Beazley, Governor of
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Morrison v Hamilton Sushi Won — NSW Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal over whether a $100,000 deposit was an unenforceable penalty
Case Morrison v Hamilton Sushi Won Pty Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Harrison (Marie Bashir
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Sun v Chen (No 2) — Court orders indemnity costs for unreasonable rejection of settlement offer and discharges freezing order
Case Sun v Chen; Yu v Chen (No 2) Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Muston J
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Alta Vale Residential v STM123 — resolved a sprawling builder-developer dispute and asked the parties to draft final orders
Case Alta Vale Residential Pty Ltd (In Liq) (Rec Apptd) v STM123 Pty Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South
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Blackbird v Cam Engineering — NSW Supreme Court strikes down default interest rate as penalty
Case Blackbird First Mortgage Corporation Pty Ltd v Cam Engineering & Construction Pty Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South
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Wright v Kennedy — Supreme Court resolves multi-party family farming dispute involving proprietary estoppel, trust breaches, and succession claims
Case Wright v Kennedy; Wright v Dundooga Pastoral Co Pty Ltd; Reynoldson v Wright; Garlick v Kennedy; Glass v Kennedy;
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Spearpoint Solutions & Technology Limited v Gentex Corporation — Court grants interlocutory injunction preserving exclusive distribution rights pending trial
Case Spearpoint Solutions & Technology Limited v Gentex Corporation Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Bennett J
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Su v Zhao’s Brothers Investment Pty Ltd — Court restrained registration of disputed mortgagee power-of-sale transfer pending trial
Case Su v Zhao’s Brothers Investment Pty Ltd as trustee for the Zhao Family Trust (receiver and manager appointed) Court
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Chong v Tasman 61 BH — Court orders specific performance of off-the-plan strata lot purchase despite vendor’s removal of car space
Case Chong v Tasman 61 BH Pty Ltd Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Richmond J (Attorney
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Modern Caves Pty Ltd v Shafren — Search order granted to preserve evidence in construction billing fraud case
Case Modern Caves Pty Ltd v James Alexander Scott Shafren Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Equity – Duty
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Lee v Kim — Supreme Court upholds breach of contract finding where vendor failed to pay company liabilities within reasonable time
Case Lee v Kim Court Supreme Court of New South Wales (Australia) Judge Schmidt AJ (of New South Wales Marie
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Khan v Fairmont Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd (No 2) — Court refused indemnity costs, finding plaintiff neither bettered settlement offer nor demonstrated defendant’s rejection was unreasonable
Case Khan v Fairmont Homes (NSW) Pty Ltd (No 2) Court Supreme Court of New South Wales Judge Muston J