Baeg v Wink Singh Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 589

Baeg v Wink Singh Pty Ltd [2024] NSWSC 589

WSPL breached the contract by failing to complete by the nominated date and there was no reason to refuse a decree of specific performance. Mr Chhabra contracted as principal under special condition 23, which made the guarantee and indemnity a principal obligation and not collateral, so specific performance should be ordered against both WSPL and Mr Chhabra.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
09 May 2024
Procedural Posture
Proceedings for Specific Performance of a Contract for the Sale of Land / Final Hearing; Ex Tempore Judgment and Orders
Outcome
Specific performance ordered against the purchaser and guarantor; costs ordered against the defendants.
Legal Topics
['specific Performance' 'contract for Sale of Land' 'purchaser Default' 'guarantee and Indemnity' 'pexa Settlement']
['equity' 'real Property' 'contract Law'] ['specific Performance' 'contract for Sale of Land' 'purchaser Default' 'guarantee and Indemnity' 'pexa Settlement']

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Procedural Posture

Proceedings for Specific Performance of a Contract for the Sale of Land / Final Hearing; Ex Tempore Judgment and Orders

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the contract for sale of land was valid and enforceable and should be specifically performed against the purchaser.' "Whether specific performance should also be ordered against the guarantor of the purchaser's obligations."]

Ratio Decidendi

WSPL breached the contract by failing to complete by the nominated date and there was no reason to refuse a decree of specific performance. Mr Chhabra contracted as principal under special condition 23, which made the guarantee and indemnity a principal obligation and not collateral, so specific performance should be ordered against both WSPL and Mr Chhabra.

Court Disposition

Specific performance ordered against the purchaser and guarantor; costs ordered against the defendants.

Orders

  • ['Declare that the Contract dated 4 September 2021 for sale of land at XXX Pennants Hills Road, Pennant Hills in the State of New South Wales, being the land comprised in Folio Identifier XX/XXXXXXX, between the Plaintiff as vendor, the First Defendant as purchaser and the Second Defendant as Guarantor, is valid and...