Crystal Auburn Pty Ltd v I L Wollerman Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 735

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Crystal Auburn Pty Ltd v I L Wollerman Pty Ltd [2001] FCA 735 TRADE PRACTICES ‑ Misleading and deceptive conduct ‑ Sale of business agreement ‑ Whether agreement to be declared void ‑ Nature of order under s 87(2)(a) of Trade Practices Act 1974 ‑ Relevance of affirmation of agreement ‑ Relevance of inability of wronged party to make restitution. Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 87 Marks v GIO Australia Holdings Ltd (1998) 196 CLR 494 applied Creative's Landscape Design Centre Pty Ltd v Platz (1989) ATPR 40,980 applied Henjo Investments Pty Ltd v Collins Marrickville Pty Ltd (1988) 39 FCR 546 cited Munchies Management Pty Ltd v Belperio (1988) 58 FCR 274 cited Tenji v Henneberry & Associates Pty Ltd (2000) 98 FCR 324 cited JAD International Pty Ltd v International Trucks Australia Ltd (1994) 50 FCR 378 cited White v Garden (1851) 10 CB 919 cited Stevenson v Newnham (1853) 13 CB 285 cited Babcock v Lawson (1880) 5 QBD 284 cited Lonrho Plc v Fayed (No 2) [1992] 1 WLR 1 cited Tiplady v Gold Coast Carlton Pty Ltd (1984) 8 FCR 438 applied Sargent v ASL Developments Ltd (1974) 131 CLR 634 applied Re Hoffman (1989) 85 ALR 145 cited CRYSTAL AUBURN PTY LTD, MARK CHARLES SIBERAS and KINGSLEY WILLIAM DAVIES v I L WOLLERMAN PTY LTD (t/as Wollerman & Associates), VALESPRING INVESTMENTS PTY LTD, MACLEAY PTY LTD, ROBIN BRUCE LAURIE and BARBARA JOAN LAURIE VG 267 OF 1998 SUNDBERG J 18 JUNE 2001 MELBOURNE

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

VICTORIA DISTRICT REGISTRY VG 267 OF 1998

BETWEEN: CRYSTAL AUBURN PTY LTD (ACN 010 226 794)

FIRST APPLICANT

MARK CHARLES SIBERAS

SECOND APPLICANT

KINGSLEY WILLIAM DAVIES

THIRD APPLICANT

AND: I L WOLLERMANN PTY LTD (ACN 005 645 134) (t/as Wollermann & Associates)

FIRST RESPONDENT