Gaunt v Hille [2007] FCA 2017

FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA

Gaunt v Hille [2007] FCA 2017 COPYRIGHT – appeal from Local Court of Western Australia ‑ project home builder – collusion between builder's client and competitor builder to copy home plans – issue not pleaded but raised by counsel in opening and closing submissions at trial without objection – Local Court of Western Australia not a court of pleadings – whether issue before the Local Court – whether principal liable for the acts of an agent who authorised the competitor builder to copy house plans – whether damages for loss of profits on building contract payable in respect of breach of copyright. Copyright Act 1968 (Cth) s 36(1A) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) s 52 Local Court Act 1904 (WA) s 41 Moon v Towers (1860) 8 CB(NS) 611 (141 ER 1306) Sweeney v Boylan Nominees Pty Limited (2006) 226 CLR 161 Colonial Mutual Life Assurance Society Ltd v Producers and Citizens Co‑operative Assurance Co of Australia Ltd (1931) 46 CLR 41 Dare v Pulham (1982) 148 CLR 658 Ravinder Rohini Pty Ltd v Krizaic (1991) 30 FCR 300 Ladbroke (Football) v William Hill (Football) Ltd [1964] 1 WLR 273 Garden City Wallpaper and Curtain Centre Pty Ltd v Barenfar Pty Ltd (unreported, Full Court, Supreme Court of Western Australia, Kennedy, Franklyn and Walsh JJ, 18 September 1998) Re R H Burton; Ex parte Steven Burns t/as Burns Corporation (unreported, Full Court, Supreme Court of Western Australia, Malcolm CJ, Pidgeon and Steytler JJ, 6 February 1998) Laws Holdings Pty Ltd v Short (1972) 46 ALJR 563 Delstrat Pty Ltd v Bond [2004] WADC 55 Sutherland Publishing Co Ltd v Caxton Publishing Co Ltd [1936] 1 Ch 323 Autodesk Australia Pty Ltd v Cheung (1990) 94 ALR 472 Chabot v Davies [1936] 3 All ER 221 Meikle v Maufe [1941] 3 All ER 144 Clarendon Homes (Aust) Pty Ltd v Henley Arch Pty Ltd (1998) 46 IPR 309