Contract

Trentelman v The Owners - Strata Plan 76700; The Owners - Strata Plan 76700 v Trentelman [2021] NSWSC 155

CONTRACT – formation and validity – proposal by owner of development lots to convert lots into non-strata blocks and build townhouses of specified height – cooperation of strata corporation required – development lot owner promised proposal would result in continuing access for strata owners to swimming pool on her land – resolution passed at general meeting – no contractual effect

ESTOPPEL – proprietary estoppel – encouragement – detrimental reliance – whether lot owner’s promise made to strata corporation – whether reliance by corporation – corporation entitled to easement over pool land

EQUITY – rectification – mistake – strata plan of subdivision included notation that pool structures formed part of common property – notation failed to include three-dimensional space around pool structures – inclusion of notation deliberate and mistake established but intended form of plan could not be determined – rectification refused

Elisabeth Peden and Jennifer Mee represented the First Defendant and Plaintiff respectively in proceedings.

Reasons for this decision can be found here.