In the Matter of Westpac Banking Corporation [2020] NSWSC 1630

In the Matter of Westpac Banking Corporation [2020] NSWSC 1630

The applicants' deeds gave them equitable interests in 201B Midson Road, Epping, and McDougall J's earlier judgment confirmed their beneficial interests in the Property. Those interests attached to the surplus proceeds of sale paid into Court. All identified potential claimants had been given adequate notice and none established a valid competing claim or priority over the applicants. It was therefore appropriate to pay the funds and interest out to the applicants in the agreed proportions reflecting the debts owed to them.

Jurisdiction
Australia
Judgment Date
10 November 2020
Procedural Posture
Application by Notices of Motion for Payment Out of Court of Funds Paid Into Court After Mortgagee Sale / Final Determination of Notices of Motion
Outcome
Application granted; declarations and payment out orders made in favour of the applicants.
Legal Topics
['payment Out of Court' 'equitable Charges' 'priority of Equitable Interests' 'mortgagee Sale Surplus Proceeds' 'caveats']
['civil Procedure' 'equity' 'property Law'] ['payment Out of Court' 'equitable Charges' 'priority of Equitable Interests' 'mortgagee Sale Surplus Proceeds' 'caveats']

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Procedural Posture

Application by Notices of Motion for Payment Out of Court of Funds Paid Into Court After Mortgagee Sale / Final Determination of Notices of Motion

Legal Issues

  1. 1 ['Whether the applicants were primarily entitled to the funds paid into Court by Westpac and the interest earned on them.' 'Whether the applicants had a beneficial interest in the very fund paid into Court, being the surplus proceeds of sale of 201B Midson Road, Epping.' 'Whether other potential claimants or caveators had valid claims or priority over the applicants.' 'Whether the funds should be paid out between the applicants in proportion to the debts owed to them.']

Ratio Decidendi

The applicants' deeds gave them equitable interests in 201B Midson Road, Epping, and McDougall J's earlier judgment confirmed their beneficial interests in the Property. Those interests attached to the surplus proceeds of sale paid into Court. All identified potential claimants had been given adequate notice and none established a valid competing claim or priority over the applicants. It was therefore appropriate to pay the funds and interest out to the applicants in the agreed proportions reflecting the debts owed to them.

Court Disposition

Application granted; declarations and payment out orders made in favour of the applicants.

Orders

  • ['Declare that Weiren Jin and Haiqin Lu are entitled to receive all the moneys paid into Court by Westpac Banking Corporation in respect of the surplus of the sale of the land comprised in Certificate of Title 3/270378, known as 201B Midson Road, Epping, NSW, and interest earned thereon in proportion to the debts...