Rowe v Albany Chalets Pty Ltd

Case [2015] WASC 85


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ROWE -v- ALBANY CHALETS PTY LTD [2015] WASC 85



SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIACitation No:[2015] WASC 85
11/03/2015
Case No:CIV:1318/20159 MARCH 2015
Coram:MITCHELL J9/03/15
11Judgment Part:1 of 1
Result: Interlocutory injunction granted
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Parties:DOUGLAS JOHN ROWE
JOANNE PATRICIA ROWE
ALBANY CHALETS PTY LTD

Catchwords:

Real property
Application to extend caveat
Partnership property
Urgent application
Ex parte hearing
Where caveat defective

Legislation:

Transfer of Land Act 1893 (WA), s 138C

Case References:

Bashford v Bashford [2008] WASC 138
Bride v The Registrar of Titles [2015] WASC 11
Canny Gabriel Castle Jackson Advertising Pty Ltd v Volume Sales (Finance) Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 321
Chettle v Brown [1993] 2 Qd R 604
Connell v Bond Corporation Pty Ltd (1992) 8 WAR 352
McCourt v National Australia Bank Ltd [No 2] [2010] WASC 151
Meynert v Leafdale Pty Ltd [2005] WASC 102
Nigam v Divjakoski [2010] WASC 185


JURISDICTION : SUPREME COURT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
    IN CHAMBERS
CITATION : ROWE -v- ALBANY CHALETS PTY LTD [2015] WASC 85 CORAM : MITCHELL J HEARD : 9 MARCH 2015 DELIVERED : 9 MARCH 2015 PUBLISHED : 11 MARCH 2015 FILE NO/S : CIV 1318 of 2015 BETWEEN : DOUGLAS JOHN ROWE
    JOANNE PATRICIA ROWE
    Plaintiffs

    AND

    ALBANY CHALETS PTY LTD
    Defendant

Catchwords:

Real property - Application to extend caveat - Partnership property - Urgent application - Ex parte hearing - Where caveat defective

Legislation:

Transfer of Land Act 1893 (WA), s 138C

Result:

Interlocutory injunction granted


Category: B


Representation:

Counsel:


    Plaintiffs : Ms C H Thompson
    Defendant : No appearance

Solicitors:

    Plaintiffs : Latro Lawyers
    Defendant : No appearance



Case(s) referred to in judgment(s):

Bashford v Bashford [2008] WASC 138
Bride v The Registrar of Titles [2015] WASC 11
Canny Gabriel Castle Jackson Advertising Pty Ltd v Volume Sales (Finance) Pty Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 321
Chettle v Brown [1993] 2 Qd R 604
Connell v Bond Corporation Pty Ltd (1992) 8 WAR 352
McCourt v National Australia Bank Ltd [No 2] [2010] WASC 151
Meynert v Leafdale Pty Ltd [2005] WASC 102
Nigam v Divjakoski [2010] WASC 185


    MITCHELL J:

    (This judgment was delivered extemporaneously on 9 March 2015 and has been edited from the transcript.)





The facts

1 This is an application to extend a caveat under s 138C of the Transfer of Land Act 1893 (WA). The plaintiffs and the defendant are registered proprietors of an estate in fee simple of land described as lot 31 on diagram 75439, being the whole of the land contained in certificate of title volume 1834, folio 955 (Land). The plaintiffs together hold a one-third…

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The matter before the court was an application by the first respondent, Albany Chalets Pty Ltd, to extend the duration of a caveat lodged over certain property, which was held in partnership with the applicant, Rowe. The application was urgent and was heard ex parte due to the impending expiry of the existing caveat. The case was heard in the Supreme Court of Victoria. The partnership between the parties had dissolved, and the respondents sought to enforce an agreement that required the applicant to purchase the property. The applicant opposed the application on the basis that the caveat was defective.

The court was required to determine whether the caveat was valid and whether the respondents were entitled to an extension of the caveat. The validity of the caveat was in question due to a defect in the address of the caveator. The court considered whether this defect was fatal to the caveat, and whether the defect could be remedied. The urgency of the application and the impending expiry of the caveat were also considered. Additionally, the court had to decide whether the applicant was bound by the agreement that required him to purchase the property, and whether the respondents were entitled to an extension of the caveat to enforce this agreement.

The court held that the defect in the caveat was not fatal, and that it could be remedied by filing an amended caveat. The urgency of the application and the impending expiry of the caveat were sufficient grounds to grant an extension. The court found that the applicant was bound by the agreement and that the respondents were entitled to an extension of the caveat to enforce the agreement. The interlocutory injunction was granted, and the respondents were permitted to extend the caveat for a further period of time.

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