Cordelia Holdings Pty Ltd v Newkey Investments Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 48

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Cordelia Holdings Pty Ltd v Newkey Investments Pty Ltd [2004] FCAFC 48 JUDGES AND COURTS – claim that trial judge erred in assessing credibility of appellant – whether trial judge erred in assessing credibility – whether appeal court should overturn credibility findings TRADE PRACTICES – NEGLIGENCE – claim of misleading and deceptive and negligent conduct by real estate agent – whether valuation of property misleading and deceptive and negligent – whether trial judge erred in assessing value of property – valuation principles to be applied –whether trial judge erred in finding that appellants had not relied upon valuation PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE – whether trial judge erred in failing to allow appellants to rely upon claim in amended statement of claim Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52 Fair Trading Act 1987 (WA) Abalos v Australian Postal Commission (1990) 171 CLR 167 applied Brunskill v Sovereign Marine & General Insurance Co Ltd (1985) 62 ALR 53 applied The Commonwealth v Milledge (1953) 90 CLR 157 applied Churchill v Badenochs Transport Ltd and Devine (1971) 1 SASR 63 applied Dearman v Dearman (1908) 7 CLR 549 applied Devries v Australian National Railways Commission (1993) 177 CLR 472 applied Gregory v Commissioner of Taxation (Cth) (1971) 123 CLR 54 applied Goold v Commonwealth (1993) 42 FCR 51 discussed Goold, Birbeck & Bacon v The Mount Oxide Mines Limited (In Liquidation) (1916) 22 CLR 490 cited Harris v Municipal Council of Sydney (1910) 10 SR (NSW) 860 referred to Henderson v Amadio (No 1) (1995) 62 FCR 1 cited James Patrick & Co Pty Ltd v Minister of State for the Navy [1944] Argus Law Reports 254 applied McDonald v Federal Commissioner of Land Tax (1915) 20 CLR 231 applied Paterson v Paterson (1953) 89 CLR 212 applied Powell v Streatham Manor Nursing Home [1935] AC 243 applied Rosenberg v Percival (2001) 205 CLR 434 applied State Rail Authority of New South Wales v Earthline Constructions Pty Ltd (in liq) (1999) 160 ALR 588 applied Walsh v Law Society of New South Wales (1999) 198 CLR 73 cited Warren v Coombes (1979) 142 CLR 531 cited CORDELIA HOLDINGS PTY LTD & VENDOMATIC PTY LTD & GETUM PTY LTD & ABRAHAM GILBERT SAFFRON & ABRAHAM GILBERT SAFFRON AS THE EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF DOREEN SAFFRON v NEWKEY INVESTMENTS PTY LTD W262 of 2002 BLACK CJ, FRENCH AND TAMBERLIN JJ PERTH 5 MARCH 2004