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[2010] NSWSC 537

WESTPAC BANKING CORPORATION v KUROBE HOLDINGS PTY LIMITED & KAROVEL NOMINEES PTY LTD

See paragraph 56 of Judgment

Catchwords

LEASE - construction - exercise of option - validity - service on lessor's agent - nomination of lessee's agent - condition precedent - ESTOPPEL - equitable estoppel established - silence - causation and inducement - intention

Cases cited

  • Ballas v Theophilos (No 2)(1957) 88 CLR 193
  • Bowes v Chaleyer(1923) 32 CLR 159 at 178-9
  • Carter v Hyde(1923) 33 CLR 115
  • Central London Property Trust v High Trees House Ltd[1947] KB 132
  • FAI General Insurance Company Ltd v Parras(2002) 55 NSWLR 498
  • Gollin & Company Ltd v Karenlee Nominees Pty Ltd & Anor(1983) 153 CLR 455
  • Grundt v Great Boulder Gold Mines Ltd(1937) 59 CLR 641
  • Mannai Investment Co Limited v Eaglestar Insurance Co Limited (1997) AC 749
  • Mineaplenty Pty Limited v Trek 31 Pty Limited[2006] NSWSC 1203
  • Moratic Pty Ltd v Laurence James Gordon & Anor[2007] NSWSC 5
  • Quadling v Robinson(1976) 137 CLR 192
  • Riltang Pty Ltd v L Pty Ltd[2002] NSWSC 625
  • Tew v Harris(1847) 11 QB 7
  • Thomas v Fredricks(1847) 10 QB 775
  • Tradex Export SA v Volkswagenwerk AG [1970] 1 QB 537
  • Townsend Carriers Ltd v Pfizer Ltd (1979) 33 P & CR 361
  • Waltons Stores (Interstate) Limited v Maher(1988) 164 CLR 387 at 423
  • Young v Lamb[2001] NSWCA 225

Judgment

  1. [1]

    Ballas v Theophilos (No.2) (1957) 98 CLR 193 at 205; Mineaplenty Pty Limited v Trek 31 Pty Limited [2006] NSWSC 1203 at [37]

  2. [2]

    See note 1 (supra) and Carter v Hyde (1923) 33 CLR 115 at 126. See also Mannai Investment Co Limited v Eaglestar Insurance Co Limited (1997) AC 749 at 767 per Lord Steyn

  3. [3]

    See note 1 (supra) and Quadling v Robinson (1976) 137 CLR 192 at 201; Riltang Pty Ltd v L Pty Ltd [2002] NSWSC 625 at [20]-[21]

  4. [4]

    See note 1 Mineaplenty (supra) at [38]; Townsend Carriers Ltd v Pfizer Ltd (1979) 33 P & CR 61, 365 (per Megarry VC); Young v Lamb [2001] NSWCA 225 at paras [36]-[39] (per Stein JA); Riltang Pty Ltd v L Pty Ltd see note 3 (supra) at [12]-[14]`

  5. [5]

    Gollin & Company Ltd v Karenlee Nominees Pty Ltd & Anor (1983) 153 CLR 455 at 470; See also Tew v Harris (1847) 11 QB 7 [116 ER 376]

  6. [6]

    Gollin (supra); see also Tradax Export SA v Volkswagenwerk AG [1970] 1 QB 537 at 546 per Edmund Davies LJ; Thomas v Fredricks (1847) 10 QB 775, [116 ER 294]

  7. [7]

    Bowes v Chaleyer (1923) 32 CLR 159 at 178-9

  8. [8]

    FAI General Insurance Company Limited (in liquidation) v Parras (2002) 55 NSWLR 49

  9. [9]

    See note 8 (supra) at [25]

  10. [10]

    Townsend Carriers Ltd v Pfizer Ltd (1979) 33 P & CR 361 at 366 (per Megarry VC)

  11. [11]

    Grundt v Great Boulder Gold Mines Ltd (1937) 59 CLR 641 (per Dixon J)

  12. [12]

    Waltons Stores (Interstate) Limited v Maher (1988) 164 CLR 387 at 423 (per Brennan J)

  13. [13]

    [1947] KB 132

  14. [14]

    See note 12 (supra) at 428

  15. [15]

    [2007] NSWSC 5 at [35]

  16. [16]

    See note 15 (supra) at [32]

  17. [17]

    See note 15 (supra) at [29] - -

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