and Harofam Pty Ltd v Anne Marie Allen

[2013] VSCA 105

SUPREME COURT OF VICTORIA

COURT OF APPEAL

S APCI 2012 0173
HAROFAM PTY LTD	Appellant
v
ANNE MARIE ALLEN & ORS	Respondents

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JUDGES	NETTLE AP, NEAVE JA and GARDE AJA
WHERE HELD	MELBOURNE
DATE OF HEARING	26 April 2013
DATE OF JUDGMENT	10 May 2013
MEDIUM NEUTRAL CITATION	[2013] VSCA 105
JUDGMENT APPEALED FROM	[2012] VSC 402 (Warren CJ)

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REAL PROPERTY – Sale of land – Contract – Interpretation – Time for Registration of Plan of Subdivision – Whether contract validly rescinded by purchasers – Construction – Whether Plan not registered on ‘relevant date’ – Period of time for extension – Whether date ‘fixed’ – Whether ‘other period’ specified – Solid Investments Aust Pty Ltd v Clifford (2010) 27 VR 41, Harman Nominees Pty Ltd v Leighton Shores Pty Ltd [2012] WASCA 189 followed – Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic) s 9AE(2).

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Appearances:	Counsel	Solicitors
For the Appellant	Mr G H Golvan QC with Mr G D Bloch	Fixler & Associates
For the Respondents	Mr W Rimmer	Allen & Macaulay

NETTLE AP

NEAVE JA
GARDE AJA:

1. This is an appeal from a judgment of the Chief Justice given on 6 September 2012.[1] Her Honour held that Special Condition 10.3 of a Contract of Sale of Land dated 20 June 2012 (‘the Contract’) did not comply with s 9AE(2) of the Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic) (‘the SLA’). The appellant contends that the judge erred in the interpretation of s 9AE(2) of the SLA and in the construction of Special Condition 10.3.

   [1][2012] VSC 402 (‘Reasons’).

1. The issues in this appeal are identical to those which arose for consideration in Harofam Pty Ltd v Richelle Yvonne Scherman.[2]

   [2][2013] VSCA 104.

1. For the reasons we have given in that matter, the appeal will be dismissed.

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