Reynolds v City of Darwin

[2020] NTSC 69

Supreme Court of the Northern Territory

Built by Barristers,
For Australian Law.

1. Contract
2. › Interpretation
3. › Long-term lease
4. › Renewal
5. › Lessee required to serve notice accepting offer of renewed term
6. › No express requirement for written notice
7. › Held requirement for written notice implied by the requirement for ‘service’
8. › Consideration of principle of objectivity
1. Wilson v Nightingale [1846] EngR 664; (1846) 8 QB 1034; The Queen v Shurmer [1886] UKLawRpKQB 108; (1886) 17 QBD 323; Wilson v Lowery [1993] NTCA 127; (1993) 4 NTLR 79; Universal Roofing and Accessories Pty Ltd v Singh [2004] NSWSC 32; KFS Financial Services Pty Ltd v Mostamandi [2016] NSWSC 1797, considered
1. Toll (FGCT) Pty Limited v Alphapharm Pty Ltd [2004] HCA 52, 219 CLR 165;
1. Ecosse Property Holdings Pty Ltd v Gee Dee Nominees Pty Ltd [2017] HCA 12; (2017) 343 ALR 58, applied