Scottish Pacific Business Finance Pty Ltd (ACN 008 636 388) v Benchmark Debtor Finance Pty Ltd (ACN 082 607 654) [2004] FCA 224

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Scottish Pacific Business Finance Pty Ltd (ACN 008 636 388) v Benchmark Debtor Finance Pty Ltd (ACN 082 607 654) [2004] FCA 224 TORT – intentional interference with contract – elements – knowledge – intention – debt factoring agreement – finance company and wholesaler – competing finance company making debt factoring agreements with companies related to wholesaler – guarantees of subsequent debt factoring agreements given by wholesaler – without consent of its factor – breach of wholesaler's debt factoring agreement – whether intentionally induced by competing finance company – case turns largely on own facts – application dismissed Corporations Act 2001 Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Trindade and Cane, The Law of Torts in Australia (3rd Edition) OUP, 1999

Allstate Life Insurance Co v Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (1995) 58 FCR 26 cited SCOTTISH PACIFIC BUSINESS FINANCE PTY LTD (ACN 008 636 388) and CALEJAC PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION) (ACN 077 227 733) v BENCHMARK DEBTOR FINANCE PTY LTD (ACN 082 607 654) and PETER DAVID LANGHAM W 300 OF 2002 FRENCH J 12 MARCH 2004 PERTH

IN THE FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

WESTERN AUSTRALIA DISTRICT REGISTRY W 300 OF 2002

BETWEEN: SCOTTISH PACIFIC BUSINESS FINANCE PTY LTD

(ACN 008 636 388)

First Applicant

And

CALEJAC PTY LTD (IN LIQUIDATION)

(ACN 077 227 733)

Second Applicant

AND: BENCHMARK DEBTOR FINANCE PTY LTD

(ACN 082 607 654)

First Respondent

And