Shao v Zhang & Anor; Zhang & Anor v Shao [2022] NSWDC 38

District Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Shao v Zhang & Anor; Zhang & Anor v Shao [2022] NSWDC 38 Hearing dates: 27 – 30 July, 2 – 5 August, 29 September, 02 and 17 November 2021 Date of orders: 28 February 2022 Decision date: 28 February 2022 Jurisdiction: Civil Before: Gibson DCJ Decision: Orders: (1) Judgment for the defendants on the statement of claim. (2) Judgment for the defendants/cross-claimants on the cross-claim in the amount of $269,237.46. (3) Costs and interest reserved, with liberty to apply. (4) Exhibits retained until further order. Catchwords: CONTRACT – purchase of beauty business not completed – whether misleading or deceptive conduct arose from silence about the transfer provisions in the lease – claim for restitution – cross-claim for loss of the bargain – significant credit issues - no issue of principle Legislation Cited: Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) s 128 Cases Cited: Amalgamated Television Services Pty Ltd v Marsden [2002] NSWCA 419 Caprice Property Holdings Pty Ltd v McLeay [2015] 1 Qd R 206 Carpenter v McGrath (1996) 40 NSWLR 39 Commonwealth v Amann Aviation Pty Ltd (1991) 174 CLR 64 Demagogue Pty Limited v Ramensky (1992) 39 FCR 31 at 32 Du Buisson Perrine v Chan [2016] WASCA 18 Eastern Garden Pty Ltd v Stone and Another [2005] SASC 157 El Ali v Tritton (2019) 19 BPR 39447 ET-China.com International Holdings Ltd v Cheung [2021] NSWCA 24 Goodrich Aerospace Pty Ltd v Arsic [2006] NSWCA 187 Holland v Wiltshire (1954) 90 CLR 409 Lam v Ausintel Investment Australia Pty Ltd (1989) 97 FLR 458 Mallegowda v Sood [2019] NSWCA 37 Mann v Paterson Constructions Pty Ltd (2019) 267 CLR 560 McDonald v Dennys Lascelles Ltd (1933) 48 CLR 457 Morvatjou v Moradkhani [2013] NSWCA 157 Ogle v. Comboyuro Investments Pty Ltd (1976) 136 CLR 444 Pacific Shoji v Xia [2018] NSWCA 290 Perri v Coolangatta Investments Pty Ltd (1982) 149 CLR 537 Prothonotary of the Supreme Court of New South Wales v Mallegowda [2016] NSWSC 1087 Prouten v Chapman [2021] NSWCA Terrex Resources NL v Magnet Petroleum Pty Ltd and Others [1998] 1 WAR 144 Thornton v Telegraph Media Group Ltd [2011] EWHC 1884 (QB) Wardley Australia Ltd v Western Australia (1992) 175 CLR 514 Woods v Woods (2000) NSWSC 851 Category: Principal judgment Parties: Plaintiff/cross-defendant: Mr Woquan Shao Defendants/cross-claimant: First defendant/ First cross-claimant: Ms Liying Zhang Second defendant/ Second cross-claimant: Oceania Investments Group Pty Ltd Representation: Counsel: Plaintiff/cross-defendant: Ms F Ashworth with Ms E Beljic Defendants/cross-claimant: Mr A Harding with Mr B Cameron