Elderslie Property Investments No 2 Pty Ltd v Dunn & Anor

[2007] QSC 192

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Catchwords

1. Practice and Procedure
2. › Summary judgment
3. › Application by plaintiff
4. › Whether defendant has no real prospect of successfully defending claim
5. › Whether need for trial
6. › Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 (Qld), r 292
1. Contract
2. › Construction
3. › Deed of Put and Call Option
4. › Call Option Period
5. › Whether temporally limited by reference to Approval Date
6. › Construction as commercial document
1. Equity
2. › Rectification
3. › Common mistake
4. › Whether defendants had real prospect of establishing rectification of deed
5. › Pre-contractual negotiations
6. › Common belief as to operation of deed

Quick Take

The case illustrates the application of the summary judgment test under UCPR r 292(2) to a contractual construction dispute involving a deed of put and call option. Where the construction of a commercial document is genuinely contestable and rectification is arguable on the evidence, summary judgment will be refused. The determination of what constitutes 'reasonable time' for giving notice of extension of an option period requires factual investigation and is not amenable to summary resolution.