Federal Court of Australia
FEDERAL COURT OF AUSTRALIA
British Marine PLC v Wollongong Coal Limited [2015] FCA 403 Citation: British Marine PLC v Wollongong Coal Limited [2015] FCA 403
Parties: BRITISH MARINE PLC v WOLLONGONG COAL LIMITED ACN 111 244 896 and ARUN KUMAR JAGATRAMKA
File number(s): NSD 2347 of 2013
Judge(s): BUCHANAN J
Date of judgment: 30 April 2015
Catchwords: ADMIRALTY – contract of affreightment between plaintiff and third party to ship coking coal from Australia to India – where plaintiff alleges first defendant liable for cost of freight under a contract of affreightment – where second defendant purported to proffer, on behalf of the first defendant, a letter of guarantee by the first defendant for amounts owing – whether letter of guarantee was an offer capable of acceptance which would create contractual obligations – whether second defendant had actual or apparent authority to bind the first defendant – whether plaintiff relied on letter of guarantee to discharge cargo – whether first or second defendant engaged in misleading and deceptive conduct – whether contributory negligence by the plaintiff or involvement of concurrent wrongdoers – whether claims apportionable
Legislation: Competition and Consumer Act 2010 (Cth), ss 5(1)(i), 5(3), Sch 2 Evidence Act 1995 (Cth), s 190
Cases cited: Auskay International Manufacturing & Trade Pty Ltd v Qantas Airways Ltd (2008) 251 ALR 166 Battenberg v Restom [2007] FCAFC 195 Bell IXL Investments Ltd v Life Therapeutics Ltd (2008) 68 ACSR 154 Bradshaw v McEwans Pty Ltd (1951) 217 ALR 1 Castel Electronics Pty Ltd v Toshiba Singapore Pte Ltd (2011) 192 FCR 445 Combulk Pty Ltd v TNT Management Pty Ltd (1993) 41 FCR 59 Electricity Generation Corporation v Woodside Energy Ltd (2014) 251 CLR 640 Freeman & Lockyer v Buckhurst Park Properties (Mangal) Ltd [1964] 2 QB 480 Hunt & Hunt Lawyers v Mitchell Morgan Nominees Pty Ltd (2013) 247 CLR 613 Logue v Hansen Technologies Ltd (2003) 125 FCR 590 Luxton v Vines (1952) 85 CLR 352 Natureland Parks Pty Ltd v My-Life Corporation Pty Ltd (1996) 67 FCR 237 Pacific Carriers Ltd v BNP Paribas (2004) 218 CLR 451 Pourzand v Telstra Corporation Ltd [2014] WASCA 14 Re Taylor; Ex parte Natwest Australia Bank Ltd (1992) 37 FCR 194 Richard Brady Franks Ltd v Price (1937) 58 CLR 112 Shrimp v Landmark Operations Ltd (2007) 163 FCR 510 Stern v National Australia Bank [1999] FCA 1421 Tisdall v Webber (2011) 193 FCR 260 Yamaji v Westpac Banking Corporation (No 2) (1993) 42 FCR 436
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