Capper v Thorpe

[1998] HCA 24
Judgment date
Case number
P48/1997
Before
Gaudron, McHugh, Kirby, Hayne, Callinan JJ
Catchwords

Real Property - Notices - Default notice - Service by post - Contract deeming notice to be served 48 hours after posting - Whether consistent with legislative provisions as to notice.

Real Property - Notices - Default notice - Service by post - "served on the purchaser in writing" - Whether service effected upon receipt of a postal notice advising that an article awaits collection.

Real Property - Notices - Default notice - Whether receipt of a copy of notice amounts to service.

Statutes - Interpretation - Intention of the Legislature - Use of legislative debates.

Sale of Land Act 1970 (WA), s 6.

Interpretation Act 1984 (WA), ss 75(1), 76.

Interpretation Act 1918 (WA), s 31 (repealed).