Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
D'Souza v Wedgewood Road Hallam No 1 Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 765
Citation: D'Souza v Wedgewood Road Hallam No 1 Pty Ltd [2010] FCA 765
Parties: CONRAD D'SOUZA, HITESH BHATT and ACACIA RED PTY LTD (ACN 127 157 019) v WEDGEWOOD ROAD HALLAM NO 1 PTY LTD (ACN 127 649 405)
File number: VID 121 of 2010
Judge: GORDON J
Date of judgment: 21 July 2010
Catchwords: TRADE PRACTICES – misrepresentation – contract for the sale of land – pre-contractual representations about whether fill would be required on the land – engineering plan inadvertently omitted from contract – amended plans disclosing need for fill not read by purchasers – whether adequate disclosure under s 9AB of the Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic) – whether the purchaser relied on representations
Legislation: Sale of Land Act 1962 (Vic) Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cth) Transfer of Land Act 1958 (Vic)
Cases cited: Argy v Blunts & Lane Cove Real Estate Pty Limited (1990) 26 FCR 112 Australian Competition and Consumer Commission v Dukemaster Pty Ltd [2009] FCA 682 Beverly Manufacturing Co Pty Ltd v ANS Nominees Pty Ltd (1978) 22 ALR 237 Clifford v Solid Investments Australia Pty Ltd [2009] VSC 223 Elders Trustee & Executor Co Ltd v E G Reeves Pty Ltd (1987) 78 ALR 193 Everest Project Developments Pty Ltd v Mendoza [2008] VSC 366 Flight v Booth (1834) 131 ER 1160 Fraser v NRMA Holdings Limited (1995) 55 FCR 452 Global Sportsman Pty Ltd v Mirror Newspapers Pty Ltd (1984) 2 FCR 82 Gregg v Tasmanian Trustees Ltd (1997) 73 FCR 91 Henjo Investments Pty Limited v Collins Marrickville Pty Limited (No 1) (1988) 39 FCR 546 Higgins v Statewide Developments Pty Ltd (2010) 14 BPR 27,293 Molotu Pty Ltd v Solar Power Ltd (1989) NSW ConvR ¶55-490 Rhone-Poulenc Agrochimie SA v UIM Chemical Services Pty Ltd (1986) 12 FCR 477
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