Skiwing Pty Ltd v Trust Company of Australia Ltd [2003] NSWADT 190

Skiwing Pty Ltd v Trust Company of Australia Ltd [2003] NSWADT 190

The three later applications were not struck out. The earlier signage claim was confined to the Lessee's entitlement to display advertising signs and the later balcony, tables and chairs, relocation, and renovation claims bore no sufficient factual relationship to that issue to be barred by res judicata or Anshun estoppel. Issue estoppel also did not bar the claims because the earlier finding about pre-lease representations was not legally indispensable to the signage decision. However, the applications were imprecise, did not clearly show whether claims were separate or arose from the same renovation or refurbishment circumstances, and raised possible limitation issues under s.71(2), so...

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
28 August 2003
Procedural Posture
Retail Lease Claims for Compensation for Pre Lease Misrepresentations, Declaration of Rights, Obligations and Liabilities Under a Lease, and Payment of Money / Preliminary Matter: Common Interlocutory Application by the Lessor to Strike Out Three Applications, or Alternatively to Consolidate Them
Outcome
Strike out application dismissed; Applicant directed to amend the applications; matters listed for directions.
Legal Topics
['strike Out Application' 'res Judicata' 'anshun Estoppel' 'issue Estoppel' 'retail Tenancy Claims' 'lease Representations' 'consolidation of Claims' 'limitation Period Under S.71(2) of the Retail Leases Act 1994']
['retail Leases' 'civil Procedure' 'estoppel' 'limitation of Actions'] ['strike Out Application' 'res Judicata' 'anshun Estoppel' 'issue Estoppel' 'retail Tenancy Claims' 'lease Representations' 'consolidation of Claims' 'limitation Period Under S.71(2) of the Retail Leases Act 1994']

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Procedural Posture

Retail Lease Claims for Compensation for Pre Lease Misrepresentations, Declaration of Rights, Obligations and Liabilities Under a Lease, and Payment of Money / Preliminary Matter: Common Interlocutory Application by the Lessor to Strike Out Three Applications, or Alternatively to Consolidate Them

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ["Whether the Lessee's three further applications were barred by res judicata because of the Tribunal's earlier decision in Application 025117 concerning signage rights." "Whether the Lessee's three further applications were barred by Anshun estoppel because they should have been raised in the earlier signage claim." 'Whether the Lessee was barred by issue estoppel from relying on alleged pre-lease representations because of findings made in the earlier signage claim.' 'Whether the claims were barred by the limitation period in s.71(2) of the Retail Leases Act 1994.' 'Whether the three applications should be amended and any claims arising from the same factual circumstances consolidated.']

Ratio Decidendi

The three later applications were not struck out. The earlier signage claim was confined to the Lessee's entitlement to display advertising signs and the later balcony, tables and chairs, relocation, and renovation claims bore no sufficient factual relationship to that issue to be barred by res judicata or Anshun estoppel. Issue estoppel also did not bar the claims because the earlier finding about pre-lease representations was not legally indispensable to the signage decision. However, the applications were imprecise, did not clearly show whether claims were separate or arose from the same renovation or refurbishment circumstances, and raised possible limitation issues under s.71(2), so...

Court Disposition

Strike out application dismissed; Applicant directed to amend the applications; matters listed for directions.

Orders

  • ['Strike out application dismissed.' 'Applicant to amend Applications as directed.' 'Matters listed on 18 September 2003 at 12 noon.' 'Amended applications are to be filed on or before 16 September 2003.']