Hewett v Court

JurisdictionAustralia Federal only
Neutral Citation1983-0315 HCA A,[1983] HCA 7
Date1983
Year1983
CourtHigh Court
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73 cases
  • Bestland Development Pte Ltd ((in Liquidation)) v Manit Udomkunnatum and Another
    • Singapore
    • Court of Appeal (Singapore)
    • 21 January 1997
    ...613 (refd) Cox v Parker [1987] NSW (SC) 11, 208 (refd) Frankcombe v Foster Investments Pty Ltd [1978] 2 NSWLR 41 (refd) Hewett v Court (1983) 149 CLR 639 (folld) Howe v Smith (1884) 27 Ch D 89 (refd) Mayson v Clouet [1924] AC 980 (refd) Ridout v Fowler [1904] 1 Ch 658 (distd) Rose v Watson ......
  • Dornoch Ltd v Westminster International BV [QBD (Admiralty)]
    • United Kingdom
    • Queen's Bench Division (Admiralty)
    • 29 April 2009
    ...are between parties in a contractual or a quasi-contractual relationship. See generally: Snell's Equity, 31 st Edition, paragraph 42–03; Hewett v. Court [1982–1983] 149 CLR 639 particularly per Deane J at 663–664 and Lord Napier and Ettrick v. Hunter, [1993] AC 713 particularly per Lord Te......
  • Equity Trust (Jersey) Ltd v Halabi (in his capacity as Executor of the Estate of the late Madam Intisar Nouri)
    • United Kingdom
    • Privy Council
    • 13 October 2022
    ...parties unless they are bona fide purchasers for value of a legal interest without notice of the equitable lien”. 75 In Hewett v Court [1983] HCA 7; 149 CLR 639, a decision of the High Court of Australia, Deane J, speaking of equitable liens generally, said, at para 9: “An equitable lien is......
  • Tanwar Enterprises Pty Ltd v Cauchi
    • Australia
    • High Court
    • 7 October 2003
    ...Journal 134 at 147-148. 56 Lang, ‘Forfeiture of Interests in Land’, (1984) 100 Law Quarterly Review 427 at 434-435. 57 Hewett v Court (1983) 149 CLR 639 at 58 Hewett v Court (1983) 149 CLR 639 at 650, 664. 59 Rose v Watson (1864) 33 LJ Ch (NS) 385 at 389-390. 60 Harpum, ‘Relief Against Forf......
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1 firm's commentaries
  • Retention Of Title Clauses And Caveatable Interests
    • Australia
    • Mondaq Australia
    • 28 October 2009
    ...interest if the owner was aware of the terms of the subcontract. In relation to the second caveat, the Court applied Hewett v Court [1983] HCA 7 in which Deane J had described an equitable lien as a 'right against property which arises automatically by implication of equity to secure the di......
2 books & journal articles
  • Security for performance
    • United Kingdom
    • Construction Law. Volume II - Third Edition
    • 13 April 2020
    ...charge does not arise by agreement: Egan v State Transport Authority (1982) 31 SASR 481 at 543–544, per White J; Hewett v Court (1983) 149 CLR 639 at 646, per Gibbs CJ. 362 Hewett v Court (1983) 149 CLR 639 at 663, per Deane J; Stewart v Atco Controls Pty Ltd [2014] HCA 15 at [13]. 363 Grah......
  • THE CASE AGAINST THE EQUITABLE LIEN.
    • Australia
    • Melbourne University Law Review Vol. 42 No. 3, August 2019
    • 1 April 2019
    ...(4) Waters (n 3) 24. For a familiar list of circumstances, see Campbell (n 3) 98-9. (5) See especially Burns (n 3). (6) Hewett v Court (1983) 149 CLR 639, 663 (citations omitted) ('Hewett'). Because the lien arises by operation of law, it is excluded from the registration regime created und......

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