Sha v Liu [2022] NSWSC 325

Supreme Court New South Wales

Medium Neutral Citation: Sha v Liu [2022] NSWSC 325 Hearing dates: 7, 8 March 2022 Decision date: 24 March 2022 Jurisdiction: Common Law Before: Leeming JA Decision: 1. Judgment for the plaintiff Mr Yunlong Sha against the defendant Ms Hua Liu in the amount of $992,610.44 plus interest of $159,089.62. 2. Ms Liu to pay Mr Sha's costs of the proceeding as agreed or assessed, but on the basis that the costs of the trial should be calculated as if the hearing had completed in a single day. Catchwords: CONTRACT – existence – offer and acceptance – whether acceptance of offer by conduct – whether necessary to plead – consideration – whether consideration must move from promisee – whether provision of money from account of lender's wife effected by negotiator amounted to consideration moving from promisee – judgment entered in favour of plaintiff Legislation Cited: Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), ss 191, 195, 601AD Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency Act 2011 (Cth) Cases Cited: Air Great Lakes Pty Ltd v K S Easter (Holdings) Pty Ltd (1985) 2 NSWLR 309 Allen v Carbone (1975) 132 CLR 528; [1975] HCA 14 Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd v G R Securities Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 622 Blackpool and Fylde Aero Club Ltd v Blackpool Borough Council [1990] 1 WLR 1195; [1990] 3 All ER 25 Bombardier Inc v Avwest Aircraft Pty Ltd [2020] WASCA 2 Brambles Holdings Ltd v Bathurst City Council (2001) 53 NSWLR 153; [2001] NSWCA 61 Branir Pty Ltd v Owston Nominees (No 2) Pty Ltd (2001) 117 FCR 424; [2001] FCA 1833 Brogden v Metropolitan Railway Co (1877) 2 App Cas 666 Bundanoon Sandstone Pty Ltd v Cenric Group Pty Ltd; TWT Property Group Pty Ltd v Cenric Group Pty Ltd [2019] NSWCA 87; 373 ALR 591 Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Company [1893] 1 QB 256 Celthene Pty Ltd v W K J Hauliers Pty Ltd [1981] 1 NSWLR 606 Cherry v Steele-Park (2017) 96 NSWLR 548; [2017] NSWCA 295 Commissioner of Taxation v Croft [2017] 2 Qd R 382; [2016] QSC 190 Coulls v Bagot's Executor and Trustee Co Ltd (1967) 119 CLR 460; [1967] HCA 3 Crow v Municipality of Clarence [1983] Tas R 56 Darzi Group Pty Ltd v Nolde Pty Ltd (2019) 100 NSWLR 394; [2019] NSWCA 210 Dunlop Pneumatic Tyre Company Ltd v Selfridge and Company Ltd [1915] AC 847 Eccles v Bryant and Pollock [1948] Ch 93 Empirnall Holdings Pty Ltd v Machon Paull Partners Pty Ltd (1988) 14 NSWLR 523 Fitzgerald v Masters (1956) 95 CLR 420; [1956] HCA 53 French v Bremner; Bremner v French [2020] NSWCA 339 G R Securities Pty Ltd v Baulkham Hills Private Hospital Pty Ltd (1986) 40 NSWLR 631 GC NSW Pty Ltd v Galati [2020] NSWCA 326 Gilbert J McCaul (Aust) Pty Ltd v Pitt Club Ltd (1957) 59 SR (NSW) 122 Hagerty v Hills Central Pty Ltd [2018] NSWCA 200; 19 BPR 38,853 Haiye Developments Pty Ltd v The Commercial Business Centre Pty Ltd [2020] NSWSC 732 Hill End Gold Ltd v First Tiffany Resource Corp [2008] NSWSC 1412 Hood v Newby (1881) 21 Ch D 605 In re Baden's Trusts (No 2) [1973] Ch 9 Integrated Computer Services Pty Ltd v Digital Equipment Corp (Aust) Pty Ltd (1988) 5 BPR 11,110 Kriketos v Livschitz [2009] NSWCA 96; 14 BPR 26,717 Laidlaw v Hillier Hewitt Elsley Pty Ltd [2009] NSWCA 44 Latec Finance Pty Ltd v Knight [1969] 2 NSWR 79 Masters v Cameron (1954) 91 CLR 353; [1954] HCA 72 Moustach Pty Limited v Eddie Takchi [2015] NSWSC 2079 Murdoch v Mudgee Dolomite & Lime Pty Ltd (in liq) [2022] NSWCA 12 P'Auer AG v Polybuild Technologies International Pty Ltd [2015] VSCA 42 Pavlovic v Universal Music Australia Pty Ltd (2015) 90 NSWLR 605; [2015] NSWCA 313 Pico Holdings Inc v Wave Vistas Pty Ltd [2005] HCA 13; 79 ALJR 825 Plankton Australia Pty Limited v Rainstorm Dust Control Pty Ltd [2018] FCAFC 205 R T & Y E Falls Investments Pty Ltd v The State of New South Wales [2001] NSWSC 1027 Russo v Buck [2006] SASC 380 Russo v Buck (No 2) [2007] SASC 157 Secure Parking Pty Ltd v Woollahra Municipal Council [2016] NSWCA 154 Sze Tu v Lowe (2014) 89 NSWLR 317; [2014] NSWCA 462 Técnicas Reunidas SA v Andrew [2018] NSWCA 192 Tonitto v Bassal (1992) 28 NSWLR 564 Trident General Insurance Co Ltd v McNiece Bros Pty Ltd (1988) 165 CLR 107; [1988] HCA 44 Wragge v Sims Cooper & Company (Australia) Pty Ltd (1933) 50 CLR 483; [1933] HCA 59 Texts Cited: J W Carter, Contract Law in Australia (7th ed, LexisNexis, 2018) J D Heydon, Heydon on Contract (Lawbook Co 2019) N Seddon and R Bigwood, Cheshire & Fifoot: Law of Contract (11th Aust ed, LexisNexis, 2017) Category: Principal judgment Parties: Yunlong Sha (Plaintiff) Hua Liu (Defendant) Representation: Counsel: P Adams (Plaintiff) B Katekar SC, J Douglas (Defendant)