Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
Kooee Communications Pty Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd [2011] FCAFC 119 Citation: Kooee Communications Pty Ltd v Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd [2011] FCAFC 119
Appeal from: Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd v Kooee Communications Pty Ltd [2011] FCA 8
Parties: KOOEE COMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD ACN 001 341 331 v PRIMUS TELECOMMUNICATIONS PTY LTD ACN 071 191 396
File number(s): VID 150 of 2011
Judges: GILMOUR, JAGOT AND NICHOLAS JJ
Date of judgment: 9 September 2011
Catchwords: ESTOPPEL – Anshun estoppel – where misleading and deceptive conduct claims could have been raised in earlier proceeding – whether unreasonable for respondent not to have done so – whether respondent thereby estopped from bringing proceeding TRADE PRACTICES – misleading and deceptive conduct – whether appellant engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct in respect of purchase offer made to respondent – whether offer by third party to supply carriage services to appellant was genuine offer of commercial substance – reliance – whether respondent relied on alleged misleading and deceptive conduct in entering into separation deed – damages – whether primary judge erred in calculation of damages
Legislation: Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52
Cases cited: Fox v Percy (2003) 214 CLR 118 Ghazal v Government Insurance Office of New South Wales (1992) 29 NSWLR 336 Gould v Vaggelas (1984) 157 CLR 215 Henville v Walker (2001) 206 CLR 459 Jones v Dunkel (1959) 101 CLR 298 Kenny & Good Pty Ltd v MGICA (1992) Ltd (1999) 199 CLR 413 Miller & Associates Insurance Broking Pty Ltd v BMW Australia Finance Ltd (2010) 241 CLR 357 New Broken Hill Consolidated Ltd v Gillespie [1999] NSWCA 109 Port of Melbourne Authority v Anshun Pty Ltd (1981) 147 CLR 589 Primus Telecommunications Pty Ltd v Kooee Communications Pty Ltd [2008] FCA 1027 Wardley Australia Ltd v State of Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Winterton Constructions Pty Ltd v Hambros Australia Ltd (1992) 39 FCR 97
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