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Competing Equities Dispute: What Determines Priority?
The recent WA Supreme Court case of Bunnings v Hanson Construction [2017] considers a competing equities dispute between two suppliers.
The decision serves as an important reminder for businesses who supply goods or services on credit to be aware of the factors courts take into account in determining priorities between equitable interests should the debtor’s assets be insufficient to cover the debts of all creditors.
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Caveat Dispute: Mortgagee Unable to Transfer Land
Caveat Dispute – where mortgagee exercising power of sale is unable to transfer the land due to a caveat lodged by the former director of the mortgagor.
In McElligott v Commonwealth Bank of Australia [2012] the Queensland Court of Appeal was asked to consider a registered owner’s caveat preventing the registration of a transfer and mortgage. And an order by the Supreme Court to remove this caveat under s 127 of the Land Title Act 1994 (Qld).
